There is a race for funds to produce hydrogen in Portugal
Portugal is happening a part of an executive company In Fundosem, which Portugal confirmed the total available funds, which total 40 million euros. But this green energy is still not produced and distributed in our country, nor is there a “set timetable” for the implementation of the national network of production and water supply. An indefinite one that is concerned with the pioneers in the use of this fuel, such as the municipal authority of Cascais, the public road passenger transport operator, acquired its first two of a total of close to ten transport buses in July 2021. urban public.
Now Casca aims to build an H2 production, storage and supply station (HRS) without the scope of a public tender to supply the public transport buses already launched by the aarquia. “There is still no type of fuel to be produced and distributed in Portugal, despite the National Strategy for Hydrogen launched by the government, which does not refer to, nor stipulate, any map, nor a timetable for the implementation of the national supply network” , points out Rui Cordeiro, director of the Marketing, Communication and Image Office at Cascais Próxima.
Even with the truth is that, among private investors, there is no lack of planned resources in the race for POS funds, where energy falls within the POS funds. “green”, including hydrogen. Currently, funding requests exceed the available funds, which total €40 million.
“From the notice of inclusion of the launch of POSEUR, designated in the projects of production of gases of renewable origin for auto and/or injection in the re-consumption with a launched investment of 40 million euros resulted 12 total of 84 million euros, An installed capacity for production of renewable gases: 33 MW (23 MW of) of hydrogen and where there are two H2 filling stations”, replied the MAAC. Within the scope of projects supported through POSEUR, there are no projects from municipalities
There is a new dynamic around the H2 industry across Europe, assume a guardianship, and Portugal is not at the top of the countries with conditions for this market and for the European goals of achieving carbon neutrality in 2030. “The supported projects Reduction from POSEUR a reduction through 4 thousand tons of carbon dioxide per year of carbon5.
A 1 Gases to the component of the Renewables Recovery Program 1 also in the production package of funds C and Renewables 1 – has a total allocation of 5 million euros and reach its execution capacity of 264 MW. In this aspect of the PRR to also promote the energy transition, the investments proposed in the applications are almost double the total funds. “The 1st notice of the PRR was launched on 28 September 2021 with an allocation of 62 million euros and the deadline for submitting applications ended on 18/02/2022, with 40 applications having been received, associated with a total investment of 380 million euros, 35 of which for the production of hydrogen. The process of analyzing these applications is now underway”, said the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Action. These 35 H2 projects “would represent a reduction of 176,000 tonnes” of carbon dioxide.
Sines will be the “hub of green”
The government guarantees the development of an industry around green hydrogen is a reality in Portugal with national companies moving to create value inside and outside the country, already counting on several projects and initiatives, of small and medium scale”. AC point to “a total investment by the MA around the highlight for “a total investment of millions of euros around the country, with little data for Sines. 3 GW the production of H2 and a production that can exceed 200 thousand tons of hydrogen “.
Apparently, Portugal has the conditions to become one of the European leaders in the renewable energy market.
“With the available infrastructure, such as the current deep water of renewable and vast resources, we have all the conditions for reference resources in the production, consumption and export of ample and green water resources. management hub in technologies and products, not only promoting an integrated application of the various elements associated with the value chain, but also allowing exploration to northern Europe and to other countries and regions”, said the MAAC.
Cascais focused on production and mobility
The implementation of production, storage and supply of production implementation (in the HRS) that will allow the implementation of a public tender in a design/construction modality, however already launched, and will be an infrastructure that will be launched and energy from energy electricity from renewable electrical energy, use of light and zero passenger vehicles powered from electrical energy or renewable electrical energy from electrical energy or renewable electrical energy from electrical energy from fuel from renewable energy ”, Rui Cordeiro, from the municipal company of Cascais Próxima.
As a description, the HRS will consist of a hydrogen production module, an electrolysis process [que permita a obtenção mínima de 389 kg de hidrogénio verde (pureza mínima de hidrogénio de 99,97)], low pressure hydrogen packaging modules; packaging module for refueling heavy vehicles (to later refill a filling pressure of 350 bar); according to vehicle filling unit for refueling light vehicles (for later refueling units of refueling vehicles for refueling light vehicles) and adjustment units for refueling vehicles refueling vehicles according to existing standards.
In July 2021, the creation of 2 new public transport lines was authorized, the M43 Cascais-Guincho (ring road) and M44 Cascais-Quinta do Pisão (ring road), with these lines starting operation on 13 August and 10 September, And their main feature is the use of electric buses with bus stacks.
From August 2021 to the end of April 2022, with the entry into operation of the two buses, around 59,000 kilometers were covered in public service, achieving a reduction of around 50 tonnes of CO2.
These values can be translated into a reduction of the carbon footprint in the order of 4 kg of CO2Eq/passenger, according to data from Cascais Próxima.