European Commission, Projects of Common Interest Authorization Act (PCI) This includes the runner. H2Med, the first axes of the corresponding Spanish Hydrogen Backbone Network and two underground hydrogen tanks. Its inclusion in the PCI list, which will be submitted to the Council and European Parliament for approval in early 2024, represents a significant step forward in supporting these projects.
The H2Med corridor consists of the connection between them. Celorico da Beira in Portugal and Zamora (CelZa) in Spain and a sea connection between Barcelona and Marseille (BarMar). With a jointly planned investment of approximately 2 billion 500 million euros in these two sections, CelZa will have a maximum capacity of 0.75 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen over a length of 248 kilometers and a 24.6 MW compression station in Zamora, and BarMar will have a maximum capacity of two million tonnes. tons, 455 kilometers in length and a 140 MW compression station in Barcelona.
H2Med was presented by the Governments of Portugal, Spain and France at the Euromed summit in Alicante on 9 December 2022, with support from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, with support added in January 2023. Germany. After this first edition, TSOs Portugal, Spain, France and Germany They presented the project at an event held in Berlin on October 18, where the support of the governments of these four countries and the European Commission, as well as the industry and its main players in Germany, was confirmed.
Developments in the Spanish Hydrogen Backbone Network
The first sections of the Spanish Hydrogen Backbone Network included as PCI are the Vía de la Plata Axis with connection to the Puertollano Hydrogen Valley (corresponding to a total planned length of approximately 1,250 km) and the Axis, which covers the axes of the Axis respectively. the Cantabrian Cornice, Ebro Valley and Levante – approximately 1,500 km in total – as well as two underground hydrogen tanks located in new salt pits in Cantabria and the Basque Country, with a planned capacity of 335 and 240 GWh respectively.
The projects of the Spanish Hydrogen Backbone Network will require an investment of approximately 4.6 billion euros, together with the storage determined to be necessary for its proper functioning.
Enagás is moving forward with the analysis of the results after successfully closing the first phase of the project on November 17. Call for Interest It is not binding for the first axes of the Spanish Hydrogen Backbone Network. With data provided by more than 200 companies (producers, consumers, marketers and other agencies) that have submitted more than 600 projects, the company will be able to measure the interest of the main agencies in the energy sector in the necessary development of the energy sector. Transportation infrastructure of renewable hydrogen as well as ammonia, oxygen and CO22.
The information provided in this Statement of Intent will also make it possible to adjust layouts and determine whether it is necessary to include sections not initially considered in the initial axes presented. Enagás will announce the results Call for Interest On the second Hydrogen Day to be celebrated January 31, 2024.
Inclusion of the H2Med corridor Spanish Hydrogen Backbone Network and two PCI-listed underground hydrogen tanks – once passed by the European Parliament and Council – will help advance alignment with Europe and Spain’s RePowerEU Plan to achieve energy independence, industrial competitiveness and decarbonization targets.