BP has inaugurated the green hydrogen cluster of the Valencia region (HyVal) at its 5.4 Mt/year Castellón refinery in Spain. This BP-led public-private collaborative initiative aims to deploy up to 2 GW of electrolysis capacity by 2030 for producing green hydrogen at the British company’s refinery.
The cluster will be developed in phases. The first, to be commissioned in 2027, comprises the construction of a 200 MW electrolysis plant at Castellón refinery with an output of 31,200 t/year of green hydrogen. In the second phase, which could be completed in 2030, the electrolysis plant would be expanded to reach a capacity of up to 2 GW of net installed power.
The project will support decarbonisation of the refinery’s operations, replacing its current use of grey hydrogen generated from natural gas. Green hydrogen will also be used as a feedstock in biofuel production, specifically of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and biofuel production could be multiplied by 3 to 650,000 t/year in 2030. The green hydrogen produced could also supply hard-to-abate industries in the Valencia region, such as the ceramic industry replacing the natural gas used in their processes, chemical industries for the production of green ammonia and in heavy transport. Finally, export of green hydrogen to the rest of Europe through the Mediterranean corridor of green hydrogen H2Med is also envisioned.