H2med project launches call for interest
Published by Poppy Clements,
Assistant Editor
Global Hydrogen Review,
The H2med project is a transnational initiative between Portugal, Spain, France and Germany to interconnect the hydrogen networks from the Iberian Peninsula to Northwestern Europe. It will unlock the potential of a hydrogen economy and enable Europe to meet its decarbonisation and reindustrialisation objectives thanks to an affordable green hydrogen supply by 2030.
The H2med Corridor includes a hydrogen interconnection between Portugal and Spain, CelZa (Celorico da Beira – Zamora), with a capacity of 0.75 million tons tpy, as well as a maritime pipeline connecting Spain to France, BarMar (Barcelona – Marseille), with a 2 million tpy capacity. Both interconnections have been included in the list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) published on 8 April 2024.
The H2med call for interest aims to identify the needs in all the areas covered by the corridor, in particular the national hydrogen backbones that the five project promoters aim to build by 2030:
- In France
GRTgaz is working on HY-FEN, a 1000 km hydrogen connection project running from Marseille to Obergailbach on the German border, identified as well in the latest PCI list. It will link the potential hydrogen production of the Iberian Peninsula with the major consumption and storage hubs in France and Germany, incorporating strategic storage sites along the route. HY-FEN will connect with other key projects, also part of the latest PCI list.
Teréga leads the Hydrogen Southwest corridor project (HySoW), a transmission and storage infrastructure project of 650 km dedicated to hydrogen to decarbonise the major industrial and mobility hubs of the Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions, in the Southwest of France and along the border with Spain. HySoW will provide access to additional hydrogen volumes and give flexibility to the corridor through storage capacities and will connect to HyFEN through the MidHY project developed by GRTgaz.
In GermanyThe project H2med will also interconnect with OGE’s H2ercules project, which is part of the German hydrogen core grid consisting of about 9000 km, connecting all the country’s major demand centres. H2ercules is a 2000km network of pipelines that will supply consumers mainly in southern and western Germany with hydrogen from various sources: produced in the country and imported, notably via H2med.
On the 22 October 2024, Enagás, GRTgaz, REN, OGE and Teréga submitted their applications to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding to carry out studies for their H2med Corridor’s both PCI. The applications are backed by letters of support from the governments of Portugal, Spain, France and Germany.
The Call for Interest was presented in Madrid through a dedicated webinar with representatives of the five European TSOs involved in the project. Project promoters from each participating company provided further context of the process, detailing its main objectives and the technical steps for participation.
Read the article online at: https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/hydrogen/07112024/h2med-project-launches-call-for-interest/
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