Enagás’ subsidiary, Scale Green Energy, will receive over €8 million to deploy a network of renewable hydrogen refuelling stations in Spain, following the signing of the Grant Agreement under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facilities (AFIF), awarded by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).
With this agreement, the European Commission has approved 100% of the funds requested by Scale Green Energy for the ECOhynet project, which will build six renewable hydrogen refuelling stations — each with a daily capacity of 1,000 kg — forming part of the Atlantic and Mediterranean corridors of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).
With a total joint investment of over €26.7 million, this network of refuelling stations will supply hydrogen produced from renewable sources, at pressures of 350 and 700 bar, for both light and heavy vehicles. Through this project, Enagás’ subsidiary will develop a cross-platform strategy for renewable hydrogen mobility in Spain, applying a joint approach involving various companies and components of the value chain.
This funding for Scale Green Energy adds to the €75.8 million granted to Enagás by CINEA on 30 January, which co-finances 50% of the studies for the Projects of Common Interest (PCI) of the initial axes of the Spanish Hydrogen Backbone Network and the H2Med corridor, comprising a connection between Celorico da Beira in Portugal and Zamora in Spain (CelZa), and a maritime connection between Barcelona and Marseille (BarMar).
The CEF mechanism for alternative fuels infrastructure for mobility promotes the deployment of electric charging facilities and hydrogen refuelling stations across the main corridors and transport hubs of the European Union, and forms part of the EU’s maritime and aviation transport objectives under the ReFuelEU regulation.
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