Repsol’s board has approved development of a 150MW electrolyser in Tarragona, Spain, with expected investment of approximately €400 million.
The company announced the decision on 12 November. Enagás Renovable holds a 25% interest in the joint project, which is designed to supply Repsol’s Ecoplanta and other Tarragona refinery units.
Repsol forecasts output exceeding 22,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen annually, primarily for renewable methanol and other industrial products. The announcement describes development approval, not the start of commercial hydrogen production.
The project has been selected for up to €104 million of support under Spain’s Hydrogen Valleys programme. Repsol expects about 1,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs across the project’s phases, mainly locally; that estimate is not a permanent headcount or an announcement of current vacancies.
The company says the facility will use reclaimed industrial water. Its projected emissions savings remain a company estimate dependent on future operation.
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Source: Original company announcement.
Illustrative industrial-sector file photograph: Shell’s Pernis refinery, Netherlands, 28 September 2019; not Repsol, Tarragona or the proposed electrolyser. Steven Lek / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; same licence retained.
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