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Political, legal and environmental aspects
Hydrogen law, regulations & strategy in
Portugal
Ordinance No. 15/2023, of January 4 | rules for the first renewable gas
auction, with 10-year contracts
It establishes the system for the centralized purchase of
biomethane, and hydrogen produced by electrolysis from
water, using electricity from renewable energy sources.
By May 2023, the DGEG must prepare the parts of the
contracting procedure, while the tender notice must be
published by June 30th. This auction will contract two
types of renewable gases with prices and different
volumes:
_ Biomethane: 150 GWh/year (maximum price: €62/MWh)
_ Hydrogen: 120 GWh/year, i.e., 3.045 ton./year (maximum
price: €127/MWh)
The tender could be divided into lots and predicts supply
contracts for 10 years from the date of first supply.
The purchaser of these renewable gases will be the Last
Resort Supplier (CURg), the Galp group, which will also
assume the costs of network access tariffs (e,g,, injection
of renewable gases).
This auction arises to guarantee the advancement of
projects that allow Portugal to incorporate renewable
sources in gas consumption (e.g., art. 9, of Decree-Law 30-
A/2022, of April 18).
€ 5.01/kg
Maximum price for
Hydrogen, using HHV
of 39.41 kWh/kg
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