French President Emmanuel Macron (D) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a joint press conference on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the reconciliation treaty between Paris and Berlin, on January 22, 2023 in Paris (POOL/AFP/BENOIT TESSIER)
The European hydrogen pipeline project H2Med which aims to develop the use of hydrogen on the continent will be extended from the countries of southwestern Europe to Germany, French President Emmanuel Macron and the Spanish government announced on Sunday. .
“We have decided to expand the H2Med project which, thanks to European funding, links Portugal, Spain and France (…), to Germany which will be a partner in this infrastructure strategy in terms of ‘hydrogen,” the French president said during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the reconciliation treaty between Paris and Berlin.
In Madrid, the Spanish Ministry of Energy confirmed the agreement reached on Sunday “for Germany’s membership of H2Med”, which follows “discussions between the Spanish, German, French and Portuguese governments, favored by their profoundly European vision”.
The agreement “strengthens the pan-European dimension of H2Med” and allows Spain to “become a green energy hub from the Iberian Peninsula to Central and Northern Europe”, the ministry added in a statement.
The gas pipeline located under the Mediterranean Sea will transport green hydrogen, produced from water by electrolysis, using a process using renewable energy.
The Spanish government estimates that H2Med will be able to transport some two million tonnes of hydrogen to France each year, or 10% of the estimated hydrogen needs of the European Union. The project is expected to cost 2.5 billion euros.
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