PARIS, Jan 12 (Reuters) – French fuel transmission system operator GRTgaz on Thursday opened a Name for Curiosity, or invitation to take part, to find out the viability of constructing a hydrogen transport pipeline linking the French facet of the Franco-Spanish pipeline BarMar with a neighborhood storage facility.
The BarMar challenge is about to attach Spain and France by the top of the last decade with an undersea pipeline stretching between Barcelona in Spain and Marseille, with the preliminary entry level in France at Fos-sur-Mer.
The Name for Curiosity from GRTgaz is for a piece of the pipeline stretching from the Fos-sur-Mer port close to Marseille and storage capability near Manosque, additionally in southern France.
The invitation to take part goals to substantiate curiosity on this part of the pipeline, and will likely be break up into two phases.
The primary, non-binding part is predicted to open on March 10 and is for business to specific curiosity and to element the kind of infrastructure wanted, whereas the second part would promote transport capacities and decide investments.
Technical research are anticipated to comply with the affirmation of market pursuits and can element the route, challenge planning, environmental affect and technical options.
“This new part of the challenge is the final step earlier than providing the market transport capability within the Fos-sur-Mer space,” CEO of GRTgaz Thierry Trouvé stated.
Reporting by Forrest Crellin
Modifying by Bernadette Baum
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