The €70m plant will be sited on a 20,000-sq-m plot next to BP’s Castellón refinery. It will produce hydrogen using renewable electricity from Iberdrola’s solar and wind farms.
When finished in 2026, it will produce 2,800 tonnes of hydrogen a year and cut emissions by the equivalent of 5,000 cars. The green fuel will replace the use of grey hydrogen – produced from natural gas – at the refinery.
In later phases of the project, the hydrogen could be used in industries that are difficult to decarbonise, such as ceramics.
Carolina Mesa, a vice president of BP, said: “The start of construction of the largest green hydrogen plant in Spain is great news. It allows us to see tangible progress in an important industrial decarbonisation project.”
Jorge Palomar Herrero, director of hydrogen development at Iberdrola, emphasised the project’s local impact. He said: “This project is already enabling the development of a hydrogen value chain in our country, with key equipment made in Spain and providing work for more than 25 local companies.”
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