The European Commission has approved 100% of the funds requested by Enagás’ subsidiary, Scale Gas, for the deployment of a network of six renewable hydrogen refueling stations in Spain. Each station will have a total daily capacity of 1,000 kg and will be part of the Atlantic and Mediterranean corridors of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).

These funds, provided by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) of the European Climate, Infrastructure, and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), amount to over 8 million euros (€8,031,900), covering the full amount requested for the project, which has a total investment of over 26.7 million euros (€26,773,000).

The refueling station network of this project, named ECOhynet, will supply hydrogen produced from renewable sources at 350 and 700 bar pressure for both light and heavy vehicles. Scale Gas submitted its application for these CEF funds in September 2024 to develop this refueling station construction project.

In the same funding call, CINEA has also granted nearly 422 million euros to 39 projects aimed at deploying alternative fuel supply infrastructure along the Trans-European Transport Network, under the Connecting Europe Facility for Alternative Fuels Infrastructure in Transport (CEF Transport AFIF) 2024-2025.

This funding for Scale Gas adds to the 75.8 million euros granted to Enagás, announced by CINEA on January 30. These funds will co-finance 50% of the studies for the Projects of Common Interest (PCI) of the initial axes of the Spanish Hydrogen Backbone Network and the H2Med corridor, which includes a connection between Celorico da Beira in Portugal and Zamora in Spain (CelZa) and a maritime connection between Barcelona and Marseille (BarMar).