Renewable hydrogen continues to make its way as one of the protagonists of the Spanish energy future. Enagás, through its Conceptual Public Participation Plan (PCPP) for the internal hydrogen network, is advancing this pioneering initiative in Spain that seeks to directly involve citizens in the development of this network.
This is a network that includes approximately 2,600 kilometers of hydroducts, which will connect the production and demand centers in the main industrial hubs of the country and will also link with the rest of Europe.
The public consultation process, which has already covered Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Cantabria, Andalusia and Castilla y León, now continues its deployment throughout Asturias and Euskadi and will reach, in total, thirteen autonomous communities and more than 500 municipalities.
Its primary objective is to promote, with the participation of everyone, a key infrastructure to achieve the energy transition and the decarbonization of the Spanish economy.
Considered the largest public participation plan of this type in Spain, the Conceptual Public Participation Plan will collect contributions from more than fifty public administrations, three hundred and eighty organizations and associations, in addition to all citizens who wish to join this process.
Started in April of this year 2025 and with a planned duration of 18 months, the plan aims to create a space for open and transparent dialogue on the Spanish hydrogen backbone project. Once completed, Enagás will prepare a final report that will collect the main conclusions and proposals arising from the process.
Among the axes of the plan are providing accessible information about the project, resolving doubts, explaining its relevance for the country’s energy future, encouraging the involvement of local communities, mitigating possible territorial impacts and guaranteeing social and environmental sustainability from the beginning.
The infrastructure, which is scheduled to come into operation at the beginning of 2030, will allow surplus hydrogen to be exported to a large part of Europe, thus becoming a key part of H2med, the great energy corridor that will link the Iberian Peninsula with the northwest of the continent.
The Spanish hydrogen network, as well as the CelZa (PCI 9.1.2.) and BarMar (PCI 9.1.4.) interconnections and the Norte 1 underground storage are considered Projects of Common Interest by the European Union and are financed by CEF funds.