From Hydrogen to Green Hydrogen Mallorca, a joint venture run by ACCIONA Energía and Enagás in collaboration with CEMEX and IDAE, has begun commissioning tests for renewable hydrogen production at its Lloseta facilities.
After acquiring the integrated environmental authorization, which completes the paperwork necessary by the Government of the Balearic Islands, the Lloseta facility began producing hydrogen utilizing the first industrial-scale renewable hydrogen project in Spain and Southern Europe. From this point on, the start-up method is tested.
The electrolyser, which separates water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen atoms, is powered by renewable energy generated by two photovoltaic plants, one in the municipality of Lloseta (8.5 MW) and another in Petra (5.85 MW).
Renewable electricity is verified for hydrogen production utilizing blockchain technology via ACCIONA Energía’s GreenH2Chain® platform, assuring that the hydrogen produced at the facility is 100 percent renewable.
The plant will begin industrial-scale production of green hydrogen in January and will create at least 300 tons of renewable hydrogen per year, a portion of which will be distributed via Spain’s first hydrogen pipeline, which was built by Redexis.
Green hydrogen will have a variety of uses on the island, including providing clean fuel for buses and delivery trucks, generating heat and electricity in fuel cells for commercial and public buildings, and powering port terminals.
Local businesses are also contributing to the deployment of this clean energy ecosystem through agreements like the one signed with the Iberostar hotel chain, which will use renewable hydrogen to offset a portion of its natural gas use.
Other sectors of the economy, including industry, mobility, and public and private sector entities, are projected to utilise this renewable energy to support the Mallorca renewable energy project and Lloseta’s reindustrialization.
From Hydrogen to Green Hydrogen Mallorca is the focal point of the Green Hysland initiative, which is being supervised by Enagás and is being financed by the European Union. The European Union has allocated €10 million to the Clean Hydrogen Partnership (previously known as the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking — FCH JU) to support the deployment of the infrastructure required to construct renewable hydrogen infrastructure on the island of Mallorca.
