France, Portugal, and Spain will build undersea pipeline to advance Hydrogen-Tech in Europe

December 10, 2022 By Prelo Con

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According to reports, France, Spain, and Portugal will collaborate on an ambitious project to develop a massive undersea pipeline that will transport the hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula to France with the intention of eventually expanding it to the entire European continent. According to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the pipeline, dubbed H2Med, is anticipated to deliver over 2 million metric tonnes of hydrogen to France each year, or 10% of the anticipated demand for hydrogen in the European Union (EU). The project is estimated to cost 2.5 billion euros ($2.6 billion) and be completed by 2030. The ongoing energy crisis brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February was another driving force for the proposed project. The nations anticipate that by building this pipeline, they would make the EU more dependent on them for its energy needs.

Réduire nos émissions pour protéger notre climat, fournir à nos territoires une énergie propre pour réindustrialiser et renforcer notre autonomie stratégique, voilà les objectifs que nous visons avec le projet H2Med, première étape d’un grand réseau européen d’hydrogène. pic.twitter.com/wUYFyNIDyX
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) December 9, 2022

The announcement was made during a meeting between Sánchez, French President Emmanuel Macron, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the eastern Spanish city of Alicante. In a tweet, Macron stated that the project's goals are to "reduce our emissions to protect our climate, supply our territory with clean energy to reindustrialize, and enhance our strategic autonomy." H2Med is the first phase of a significant European hydrogen network.

Macron also disclosed that H2Med, which will replace an earlier proposal to transmit gas across the Pyrenees Mountains, will take a new route via the Mediterranean and rely on hydrogen technology. Portugal, Spain, and France came to a thorough agreement on the proposal in October. To be eligible for funding from the EU, which might pay up to 50% of the cost, they want to submit it to the European Commission by December 15. The pipeline will travel from the port of Barcelona in northeastern Spain to Marseille in southern France after the project first connects two plants in northern Portugal and Spain.

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France, Portugal, and Spain will build undersea pipeline to advance Hydrogen-Tech in Europe

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