The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge has provisionally resolved the capacity-access tenders at the Cristóbal Colón and Palos electrical nodes (Huelva), a decision which, once final, unlocks the main technical constraint for the execution of two of the most significant industrial projects currently underway in the province: Onuba, the green hydrogen plant promoted by Moeve in the Energy Park La Rábida as part of the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley, and the CirCular plant of Atlantic Copper.

The resolution concerns a combined 276 megawatts of capacity at both nodes, where the volume of requests far exceeded the absorption capacity of the network, which forced the Ministry to launch a public tender last July alongside other strategic points in the national electricity system.

Among the awardees are Moeve and Atlantic Copper, in a process in which criteria were applied linked to the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions, the volume of investment committed, and the anticipated start date of energy consumption.