The inclusion of Germany in the H2Med project places the province of Huelva at the heart of Europe’s energy strategy for the coming decades. The main community green hydrogen transport corridor will start in Huelva, where a headwaters of its southern branch will be located. Huelva will also be the only Andalusian port directly connected to H2Med, Which gives a strategic value to the planned investments in the Huelva region.
Green hydrogen is one of the energies of the future. recently Cepsa presents its Green Hydrogen Valley Andalusian project With the energy park of La Rabida and San Roque as major production centers. A few days ago the company signed a major agreement with Anagus and Alter Enersen to build a large plant at its facilities. Green hydrogen is the future and Huelva is its national capital.
The inclusion of Germany gives a huge boost to the project, whose total cost will be around 2,850 million euros. The layout connects to the main hydrogen production points on the peninsula such as Huelva, Puertollano, Cartagena or Gijón. One will connect Huelva to Gijón and on its way it will connect to the Portuguese H2Med infrastructure in Zamora, A branch in Puertollano will be connected to it. The second axis would join Barcelona and Cartagena. It will be linked to the Atlantic Corridor to which it belongs. The union will start from Gijón with planned warehouses in the Mediterranean and Cantabria and the Basque Country. It is about creating a large sustainable fuel supply network that will mark the energy revolution for decades to come. The Huelva plant will be operational in 2026. Fertiberia and Iberdrola also have plans to build it in Palos, among others.
The Spanish government, together with France and Portugal, celebrated Germany’s agreement to join H2Med. it’s an achievement “Necessarily certain of the European occupation with which Spain dimensioned this hydroduct Since he started promoting the project right from its inception. The initiative has already received the support of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the last Alicante summit.
According to Moncloa, Germany’s inclusion underlines the two commitments Spain has always expressed with the implementation of the green energy corridor. Firstly, to strengthen the EU’s energy security and energy autonomy in a context in which it is essential that we show solidarity to reduce European energy dependence. Secondly, H2Med reiterates Europe’s ambition in its climate neutrality and meets Spain’s desire “To be at the forefront of the energy transition, to lead the development of renewable energy, With the business of being the benchmark in hydrogen”, in the words of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Strengthening the pan-European dimension of H2Med Modernization puts Spain at the forefront of change And, for the first time in history, positioning itself to become a major green energy hub from the Iberian Peninsula to central and northern Europe. All this is giving Huelva the role of a capital that will underpin the second industrialization of the province with huge business and employment opportunities for the people of Huelva.
To the Deputy Head of Government and Minister of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenges, Teresa Ribera“Renewable hydrogen access can provide important solutions, but also innovation, job creation and industrial value chains in southern Europe, an economy like Spain, where the rest of the EU has much to contribute”.
H2Med It will be operational in 2030 and is expected to be able to transport 2 million tonnes of green hydrogen per year to Spain, which would represent 10% of the total consumed by the EU. In 2050 it is estimated that 20% of all energy in Europe will be renewable hydrogen.
