The H2med Alliance has taken a leap in scale with the entry of 40 new members, a movement that consolidates the initiative of the hydrogen corridor launched in December 2024 by REN (Portugal), Enagás (Spain), NaTran and Teréga (France) and OGE (Germany)The announcement was made at an event in Berlin, with political and technical support along the entire route.
With these adhesions, the platform already gathers 49 entities of the hydrogen value chain. Among the new additions are companies such as Move, Repsol Renewable and Circular Solutions, Acciona, EDP Renováveis, BP Energía España, H2B2, Enagás Renovable, EnBW, Uniper, INEOS and Eurowind Energy, together with a large group of European companies and sectoral organizations.
Who joins and what they contribute
The expansion incorporates both industrial and technological and logistics players, reinforcing the European dimension of the project. Among others, the following are added: 45-8 Energy, Accionaplug, AESA Energía, Alpiq, Atlantica Energia Sostenible España, Atlantica SailH2, Avalon Renovables, BTC Energies, DH2 Energy España, Diverxia H2, Dourogás Renovável, EDP Renováveis, Elawan Energy, Enagás Renovable, EnBW, Enertrag, Eurowind Energy (ES y PT), H2B2, Hive Energy, INEOS Chemicals Lavéra, Moeve, Planea Hidrógeno, Port Autonome de Strasbourg, Repsol Renewable and Circular Solutions, SEFE Energy, SHS–Stahl-Holding-Saar, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, thyssenkrupp nucera, Trina Hydrogen (Spain) Tech, Uniper, Univergy Renovables Hidrógeno, Vicat and ZERO‑E Spanish Assets.
This diversity incorporates key links in the hydrogen ecosystem: Renewable energy producers, equipment manufacturers, grid operators, large industrial consumers and logistics agentsThe goal is to accelerate market maturity and facilitate the coordinated deployment of projects on both sides of the border.
Political support and European funding
The Berlin meeting brought together representatives from the four corridor countries and Brussels: Stefan Rouenhoff (Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy), Manuel García Hernández (DG of Energy Policy and Mines of Spain), Laurent Kueny (Director of Energy at the French Ministry of Economy and Industrial Sovereignty) and Paulo carmona (DG of Energy and Geology of Portugal), in addition to Mechthild Worsdorfer, Deputy Director-General for Energy at the European Commission.
The Commission endorsed the so-called Southwestern Corridor as one of the priority “Energy Highways” presented by President Ursula von der Leyen. This support materializes in the financing of Connecting Europe Facility (CEF-Energy) for studies of strategic infrastructures CelZa (Portugal–Spain) y BarMar (Spain–France), as well as for national backbone networks in Spain, Portugal and France.
Coordinated calendars and market targeting
Participants stressed the need to align deadlines and calendars to ensure the economic viability of projects, facilitate long-term contracts, and create stable demand signals that accelerate private investment.
From the operational level, the ambition for H2med to act as a spine of the European renewable hydrogen system: the consortium plans to cover around 10% of EU hydrogen consumption at the beginning of the next decade, something that requires close cooperation between the four governments, the European Commission, the corridor network operators and major producers and consumers.
On the business front, it was highlighted that the corridor will contribute to strengthen energy autonomy and security, facilitate the decarbonization of activities that are difficult to electrify and improve European industrial competitiveness by harnessing the renewable potential of Iberian Peninsula to produce low-cost hydrogen and send it to the center of the continent.
The Iberian Peninsula as a lever for the corridor
Spain and Portugal are at the center of this strategy by concentrating abundant solar and wind resources, which, combined with interconnectors such as CelZa and BarMar, will allow increasing volumes of renewable hydrogen to be channeled towards France and Germany, supporting a integrated European marketThe situation in the region is comparable to the boost that the Green hydrogen valley in Andalusia as a regional lever.
The H2med Alliance will now continue with Working groups, technical synergies and new alliances aimed at uniting supply and demand, sharing standards and strengthening trade links between members. The political momentum also remains with the priority expressed by Emmanuel Macron y Friedrich Merz to launch the corridor in a timely manner within their common economic agenda.
With institutional reinforcement, community funding and the entry of 40 leading companies, H2med advances as the most mature hydrogen corridor in southwestern Europe, aimed at creating a competitive, reliable, cross-border market that connects Iberia's renewable potential with the continent's main consumption hubs.