Three Andalusian projects receive 45 million euros for the production of renewable hydrogen.
A total of three Andalusian projects have been selected in the call for Line 3 of the H2 Value Chain Program resolved by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Miteco), for which they will receive a total of 45 million, at a rate of 15 million per initiative, for the development of innovative projects of large electrolysers for the production of renewable hydrogen.
Managed by the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDEA), a body dependent on MITECO, the program has awarded aid throughout the country worth 100 million euros –in amounts of 10 and 15 million– to 7 projects in 5 autonomous communities: Andalusia (three), the Valencian Community, Asturias, Galicia and Castilla-La Mancha, according to the Government Delegation in Andalusia in a statement.
Of those 100 million, 60 have corresponded to initiatives in Just Transition and Demographic Challenge areas, such as the surroundings of the old thermal power plants of Carboneras (Almería), Meirama (A Coruña), or the Aboño thermoelectric complex (Asturias), among others.
The program is included in the Strategic Project for the Reconstruction and Economic Transformation of Renewable Energies, Renewable Hydrogen and Storage (Perte ERHA) and seeks to promote both the development of electrolysis demonstrators and initiatives for the real integration of large-capacity electrolyzers in industrial environments. .
In the resolution of the call, factors such as the reduction of emissions, job creation and gender equality have been considered. The selected projects are obliged to respect the guiding principle of “not causing significant harm to the environment”.
Miteco advances in promoting the production and use of this energy vector, both in projects with commercial viability and their integration in sectors that are difficult to decarbonise, such as industry and heavy mobility, as well as in industrial research and the development of innovative solutions in experimental settings.
Line 4 of the H2 Value Chain program will close soon, with 40 million to promote basic research, and the second call for H2 Pioneers has just been launched, with 150 million for innovative and integrated initiatives for the local production and consumption of renewable hydrogen.
The aid regulated by these calls is framed in Component 9 ‘Roadmap for renewable hydrogen and its sectoral integration’ of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) and, in particular, in its Investment 1: ‘Renewable hydrogen: a country project’.
These are calls with a prominent role within the Perte ERHA, a complete program of instruments and measures to develop technology, knowledge, industrial capacities and new business models that reinforce Spain’s leadership position in the field of clean energy.
The Perte ERHA will mobilize an investment of more than 16,300 million, between contributions from the Recovery Plan and private funds. In general, financial support will be granted through calls for competitive bidding to select the best projects.
Likewise, through the deployment of this aid mechanism, progress is made in achieving the objectives of the Hydrogen Roadmap, a strategic document to promote renewable hydrogen. Among other objectives, it aspires to reach an electrolysis capacity of 300 MW to 600 MW in 2024 and 4 GW in 2030, 10% of the community objective.
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Three Andalusian projects receive 45 million euros for the production of renewable hydrogen, Seville, June 11, 2023
