As an example of cooperation between countries, Enagás Chairman Antonio Llardén highlighted the H2med Call for Interest launched last week by five TSOs (Transmission System Operators) from Portugal (REN), Spain (Enagás), France (GRTgaz and Teréga) and Germany (OGE). This was highlighted at the Caminos Cerdà Forum held in Barcelona on 8 November and organised by the Institut Cerdà and the Col-legi d'Enginyers de Camins, Canals i Ports.
“Public-private partnerships are essential to make the European hydrogen market and its infrastructures a reality”, he stressed at the round table “Public-private partnerships in the energy transition”, in which he participated with the Chairman of Repsol, Antonio Brufau, and which was moderated by the Chairman of the Institut Cerdà, Salvador Alemany.
The Chairman of Enagás stressed the importance of the H2med corridor for Barcelona by connecting it to the European hydrogen network. Llardén stressed that H2med will be the backbone of the European hydrogen infrastructure: it has the potential to transport 10% of the EU’s hydrogen consumption from 2030 onwards.
In this regard, he highlighted Europe’s commitment to renewable hydrogen as a clean and indigenous vector. In his words, REPowerEU was the “first European policy” to integrate the energy trilemma: competitiveness, security of supply and decarbonisation.
“The war in Ukraine marked a before and after in European energy policy,” he said during his speech at a conference in which the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Salvador Illa, and the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, also took part.
