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Extremadura has conditions to become the great HUB of green hydrogen in Spain By 2030 it aims to produce 20% of the green hydrogen generated in the country

31 Jan 2023

Last Tuesday, January 17, the President of the Government Guillermo Fernández Vara has signed a collaboration protocol for the promotion and development of transport and storage infrastructures of renewable hydrogen and its derivatives in Extremadura, setting as a goal for 2030, to produce 20% of the green hydrogen generated in Spain, with a development of 3 gigawatts of electrolysis out of a total of 16, thus positioning itself as the main producer of that energy source, as is already the case with photovoltaics.

The investment represents about € 10,000 million of investment, 2,500 direct jobs, 20,000 jobs during construction. A total of 420 km of hydrogen pipelines (hydrogen pipelines) run through Extremadura territory with the main node in Almendralejo and the addition of a branch to Puertollano in Ciudad Real, as it is an important industrial center.

Thanks to Decree-Law 1/2023, of January 11, approved by the Governing Council of the Extremadura Government declaring the production of green hydrogen in the region to be of general interest, Extremadura is one of the main actors for Spain and for the European Union in the process of the ecological transition and the green revolution.

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