(Pamplona / Spain) – The Spanish conglomerate Acciona SA and the US fuel cell manufacturer Plug Power Inc. want to produce green hydrogen in the Spanish Basque Country. The location is the town of Rocaforte in the municipality of Sangüesa in the northern Spanish province of Navarre. The companies recently presented their joint project “Valle H2V Navarra” to the regional government.
The presentation was attended by company representatives and representatives of the Government of Navarra (from left to right): General Director of Industry, Energy and Strategic Projects S4, Uxue Itoiz; the mayor of Sangüesa, Lucía Echegoyen; the Regional Minister of Economic and Enterprise Development, Mikel Irujo; the President of Navarre, María Chivite; the Chairman of Acciona Energía and Chairman of Acciona Plug, Rafael Mateo; Acciona Plug CEO Alan Ripa; the President of the Council of Rocaforte, María Eugenia Pérez Iriarte, and the European Sales Director for the Applications Division of Plug Power, Rubén Román. © Acciona SA
According to the information, the construction of a 25 megawatt (MW) electrolyser is planned on the land adjacent to the Sangüesa biomass power plant. The electrolyser is powered by renewable energy from a photovoltaic system (25 MW) and a wind farm (24 MW). Both systems are currently in the development phase.
“H2V Navarra” is being developed by “Acciona Plug”, a 50/50 joint venture between Acciona Energía and Plug Power based in Madrid. The companies intend to begin operations by the end of 2024. After completion, 3.880 tons of green hydrogen will be produced per year. An expansion to 50 megawatts is possible. The total investment amounts to 87 million euros.
The goal is to use 90 percent of the proceeds for the energy-intensive paper, glass, steel, food and automotive industries in the region. The remaining ten percent will be used for the transport sector through the installation of a hydrogen filling station. The province of Navarra wants to install electrolyzers with an output of ten to 2024 megawatts by the end of 30. By 2030 it should be 150 megawatts.
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Acciona administration building in Pamplona. © Acciona SA
