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Spain is fast-tracking 234 km of hydrogen pipeline, and for once the dates attach to named electrolysers

Four sections, €389 million, and an administrative procedure that halves its own deadlines. What makes this worth a project analyst's attention is not the money: it is that a connection date is finally tied to three specific plants, with three specific grant awards behind them.

11 Oct 20266 min read4 sources

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The hydrogen pipeline cost everyone quotes is four years old and rests on a footnote

€0.11–0.21 per kilogram per 1,000 km is the number in every transport slide. Its own source says, in footnote 23, that it assumes 5,000 hours a year of utilisation — and has not restated it since April 2022, through a 47% rise in steel pipe prices.

5 Jul 202610 min read11 sources