These national grants will subsidize projects in Spanish territory preselected in the second auction as a service that were left out when the community budget was exhausted.

Emilio Nieto, Director of the National Hydrogen Centre of Spain, underscores that the Clean Industrial Deal introduces compatibility between funding mechanisms and opens access to projects that previously failed to meet the necessary criteria, delivering a decisive boost to Spain’s industrial decarbonisation efforts. “If the Innovation Fund covers 40% of the project, and the Clean Industrial Deal provides another 40% of the remainder, the developer only needs to assume 20% of the total cost,” he explains.

Compostilla Green was selected in the final resolution of IDAE’s aid program for renewable hydrogen valleys. The 250 MWe plant will produce eSAF, create 2,000 jobs during construction and 240 during operation, and aims to repurpose a former mining area in Castile and León.

The seven awarded projects range from the production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and direct industrial consumption, to the development of regional green hydrogen networks in strategic industrial clusters.