Enagás’ hydrogen subsidiary, Scale Green Energy, has secured over €8 million in EU funding to deploy six large-scale renewable hydrogen refuelling stations across Spain—each with a daily capacity of 1,000 kg.
The award, fully approved under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facilities (AFIF), comes amid intensified efforts by the European Union to accelerate zero-emissions transport infrastructure along strategic corridors.
The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) approved 100% of the requested funding for Scale Green Energy’s ECOhynet project. These stations are set to be deployed along the Atlantic and Mediterranean axes of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), directly supporting the EU’s ReFuelEU goals for cleaner maritime and road transport.
The total investment for the ECOhynet project exceeds €26.7 million, with the EU’s grant reducing the financial burden on Enagás while ensuring fast-tracked implementation. The planned stations will supply renewable hydrogen at both 350 and 700 bar, enabling compatibility with a range of vehicle classes—from light commercial vans to long-haul freight trucks.
This move comes at a time when hydrogen vehicle penetration in Europe remains limited by sparse refuelling infrastructure. By positioning hydrogen stations along major logistics corridors, Scale Green Energy aims to address a central bottleneck in the adoption of fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs) for freight and intercity transport. Each of the six stations is expected to function as a regional anchor point, linking production, distribution, and end-use in a vertically integrated manner.
Strategically, the ECOhynet project aligns with the broader Spanish and EU hydrogen strategies. It complements the €75.8 million in co-financing awarded to Enagás earlier this year to support front-end engineering design (FEED) and permitting for the Iberian hydrogen backbone. That includes the H2Med corridor’s terrestrial segment between Celorico da Beira (Portugal) and Zamora (Spain), and the BarMar maritime link from Barcelona to Marseille.
Collectively, these initiatives indicate a dual-track approach—accelerating both hydrogen infrastructure for mobility and midstream pipeline networks for industrial transport. Scale Green Energy’s approach also reflects a systemic understanding of value chain interdependencies: it is coordinating with OEMs, logistics firms, and hydrogen producers to ensure demand aggregation and infrastructure viability.
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