- France, Portugal and Spain agree on a “green energy corridor”.
- The project is to intensify electricity interconnections.
The leaders of France, Portugal and Spain on Oct. 20 agreed to substitute a proposed gas pipeline connection between Iberia and France with an undersea “green energy corridor” that would eventually transport hydrogen. This project is to aid in intensifying the electrical interconnections between the countries.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the plan was to connect Iberia to France and the European energy market by employing a pipeline from Barcelona in Spain across the Mediterranean Sea to Marseille in France. He said it could be used to transport natural gas temporarily before it starts carrying hydrogen.
Sánchez made the announcement after the three countries’ leaders met in Brussels, where they are attending a European Union Summit. However, no timeline or cost estimate was announced.