Cepsa’s commitment to green hydrogen is part of its 2030 strategic plan, the objective of which is to turn Spain into an energy power and contribute to Europe’s energy independence. To this end, the company has announced the construction of two green hydrogen production plants in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva) and San Roque (Cádiz), with a total capacity of two gigawatts.

Cepsa is also committed to reducing its environmental footprint and decarbonising its activity and that of its customers. In this respect, the industrial use of urban water can reduce drinking water consumption by 5%, according to the European Union. The company plans to reduce freshwater abstraction in water-stressed areas by 20% by 2025, which will save more than three million cubic metres of freshwater per year.

The new treatment plant will have tertiary treatment for wastewater, which will result in a saving of 4.2 million cubic metres per year that will no longer be discharged into the sea, but will be reused by Cepsa in its facilities. This amount is equivalent to the water consumption of more than 21,000 average four-person households for a year.

At the presentation of the agreement, the director of the San Roque Energy Park, Rosero Rivero, highlighted Cepsa’s commitment to reducing its environmental footprint and decarbonising its activity and that of its customers. For her part, Cepsa’s Director of Safety, Environmental Protection and Quality, Mar Perrote, underlined the company’s commitment to combine all its technological and innovative potential to find a second life for the region’s urban waste, facilitating the transition to a management model based on circularity.