Enagás launches the Public Participation Plan for the Hydrogen Network in Asturias.
Enagás has launched the Conceptual Public Participation Plan (CPPP) for the Spanish Hydrogen Backbone Network in Asturias at an institutional event held at the Pola de Siero Theater Auditorium. The event included details of this project, which will contribute to the sustainable economic development of the region.
The Principality of Asturias will have a network of around 220 km of hydrogen pipelines, as part of the Vía de la Plata and the Cantabrian Coast axes. Specifically, four sections of the network will run through the Principality: León-Llanera, around 71 km; Llanera-Reocín, approximately 118 km; El Musel branch line, around 18 km; and Avilés branch line, around 13 km.
The event was attended by Adrián Barbón, President of the Principality of Asturias; Miguel González Suela, Undersecretary for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge; and Arturo Gonzalo, CEO of Enagás. Mayors and councilors from different towns also attended, as well as representatives of the main industrial players and companies in the hydrogen value chain in Asturias.
Following the launch of the CPPP in Asturias, information points will be set up in 23 towns in the region: Avilés, Gozón, Carreño, Gijón, Corvera de Asturias, Llanera, Oviedo, Ribera de Arriba, Morcín, Mieres, Aller, Langreo, Riosa, Lena, Noreña, Sariego, Siero, Nava, Piloña, Parres, Ribadesella, Llanes and Ribadedeva. The Plan, which will run until November 28, also includes participatory workshops in 13 of these locations.
The CPPP was originally launched by Enagás on April 25 at the Spanish National Hydrogen Centre in Puertollano, Castilla-La Mancha, the first autonomous region in which Enagás held participatory workshops open to all interested parties. The objective of the plan is to consult and share information on the future hydrogen network with all stakeholders, to answer queries, to explain the need for the project, to encourage the active participation of communities in the process, to mitigate impacts on the local area and to ensure the most appropriate actions are taken from a social and environmental perspective from an early stage. The Plan is scheduled to be rolled out over 18 months across Spain, after which a final report on the results of the process will be drawn up.
Source: Enagás
