The first renewable hydrogen plant in Spain has been officially inaugurated in Lloseta. The project, which is part of the European “Green Hysland” initiative, was born in the old CEMEX cement factory and was the first Mediterranean project to receive European funding for its execution. The European Union allocates 10 million euros of the almost 50 that the hydrogen plant has mobilized in total, 3.75 of which come through the Government.

The President of the Government, Francina Armengol, defined the opening as a “historic day” and highlighted the importance of being the first territory to produce this type of energy: “Being the first has a responsibility because you are an example to follow, but it also means that you have planned first.”

The Third Vice President of the Government of Spain and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, and the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, toured the plant together with Armengol and other officials.

In this sense, Armengol has recalled that the Government already worked during the last legislature to “plan the future and set objectives”, which today are complied with laws such as climate change or waste or with a fair energy transition plan.

The first green hydrogen molecules were produced last December and, since then, the plant has continued to carry out tests to generate, when fully operational, 300 tons of green hydrogen per year from photovoltaic panels, something that It will mean reducing CO₂ emissions by up to 21,000 tons per year.

The hydrogen produced at the Lloseta plant will work, among other measures, as fuel for the EMT buses in Palma. It will also be a source of energy for public buildings and for the Port of Palma and will be injected into the Redexis gas network. It implies, therefore, a step in the decarbonisation of the Balearic Islands and progress in meeting the objectives set out in the Climate Change Law.

Armengol, with the Third Vice President of the Government of Spain and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, and the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, upon their arrival at the renewable hydrogen production plant. Photo. GOIB.