The agreement allows both companies to achieve on their own the consumption target of this energy vector in the industry set by the Government for all of Spain in 2030
Cepsa and Fertiberia, two of the companies that currently consume the most hydrogen in Spain, have reached an agreement for the decarbonisation of their production processes through the joint development of a large-scale renewable hydrogen plant in Huelva using green energy and other renewable gases. The companies will also implement other additional industrial synergies between their Huelva assets.
With this union, Cepsa and Fertiberia become strategic partners in the project to develop 1 GW of electrolysis capacity in Palos de la Frontera, within the framework of the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley.
This valley will have a capacity of 2 GW -1 GW in Campo de Gibraltar (Cádiz) and another in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva)- and a production of up to 300,000 tons, in the Cepsa Energy Parks.
The agreement reached will make it possible to optimize the hydrogen and biogenic CO2 needs of the facilities of both companies in the industrial fabric of Palos de la Frontera (Huelva). The green hydrogen, whose production will begin in 2026, will be used for Cepsa and Fertiberia’s own industrial consumption, and will make it possible to manufacture advanced biofuels, as well as ammonia, AdBlue and sustainable fertilizers.
Cepsa’s La Rábida Energy Park and the Fertiberia facilities in Palos de la Frontera occupy adjacent spaces. For this reason, this alliance will also help to capture all the industrial and operational synergies that currently exist between both complexes, with the joint objective of maximizing the degree of efficiency in their management.
The alliance will allow the development of a hydrogen and oxygen ring in Huelva. The construction of this infrastructure will become a pioneering engineering project to connect hydrogen producers with consumers, in order to ensure a more sustainable, efficient and competitive energy, allowing synergies to be exploited between all nearby industries and guaranteeing your security of supply.
During the signing of this agreement, Maarten Wetselaar, CEO of Cepsa, highlighted: “We have added a new strategic partner to the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley to continue promoting the decarbonisation of Huelva’s industry and make it a benchmark in sustainability in Europe. This agreement with Fertiberia represents a big step in our commitment to green hydrogen as a key energy vector to decarbonise our own activity and that of our customers”.
According to Javier Goñi, CEO of Grupo Fertiberia, “the union with Cepsa is very relevant, since it involves collaboration between two companies with the longest industrial tradition in the province of Huelva, and which represent almost all of the current hydrogen consumption of Andalusia. This alliance will promote the competitiveness of green hydrogen production in Huelva and will be a source of opportunities for multiple companies that will participate in the value chain. Additionally, it will reinforce the full decarbonization of our assets and our position as leaders in green ammonia and sustainable fertilizers.”
The Hydrogen Roadmap established by the Government of Spain establishes for 2030 the objective that 25% of the hydrogen consumption in the industry be of a renewable nature, both as a raw material and as an energy source. Through this agreement, Cepsa and Fertiberia will be able to decarbonise their consumption using green hydrogen, jointly reaching the target set for all of Spain at the end of this decade.
The agreement reached by both companies will also study the possible production of renewable fuels (green methanol and ammonia), both in Huelva and in other provinces of the Peninsula.
This new alliance is part of Cepsa’s 2030 strategy, Positive Motion, through which the company is transforming itself to become a benchmark in the energy transition, leading sustainable mobility in Spain and Portugal, as well as the production of renewable hydrogen and advanced biofuels. Cepsa will promote the decarbonisation of its customers, as well as its own activity, reaching zero net emissions in the year 2050.
In the case of Fertiberia, this alliance is a new milestone in its strategy to accelerate its growth process in the production of green ammonia, which will allow it to lead this market in the next decade in the European Union and will make it the first company to the world in its sector that manages to be carbon neutral by 2035. Fertiberia already markets the Impact Zero product line, which facilitates the decarbonisation of food and beverage production, promoting fully sustainable agriculture in Europe.
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