The Spanish government has awarded two green hydrogen projects totalling 160MW €126.4m ($139m), after they missed out on the EU’s second oversubscribed European Hydrogen Bank (EHB) auction.
Through the government’s Auctions-as-a-Service (AaaS) mechanism, project Orange.Bat in Castellon was awarded €82.5m ($91m) for its 100MW electrolyser project, while eM Numancia will receive €43.9m ($48m) for its 60MW hydrogen production and e-methanol plant.
Led by Switzerland’s Smartenergy, the Orange.Bat initiative is expected to produce 12,000 tonnes per year of hydrogen for use in the ceramics industry.
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