Grant agreements have been signed for six of the seven European projects selected to receive EU financial support as part of the Hydrogen Innovation Fund pilot auction on Monday 7 October.
These are the Hysencia and Catalina projects in Spain, Grey2green II and MP2X in Portugal, eNRG Lahti in Finland and Skiga in Norway. A seventh previously selected project has decided to withdraw from the grant agreement procedure.
In total, the projects have the potential to produce up to 1.52 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen in the first ten years of operation.
This auction is part of the European Hydrogen Bank (see EUROPE 13492/12) and uses revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).
The total amount of aid is almost €700 million and will be paid out over a period of ten years. A second renewable hydrogen auction via the Innovation Fund is planned for the end of 2024, with an increased budget of €1.2 billion.
To see the projects: https://aeur.eu/f/dsg (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)