Enagás and its partners are preparing to face the first major test for H2Med, the future hydrogen interconnection that will link Spain and Portugal with France and Germany, explains El Economista. The system operators from the countries involved in this project – Enagás in Spain, REN in Portugal, Teréga and GRTgaz in France, and OGE in Germany – will launch the so-called ‘Call for Interest’ on November 7th, aimed at…
Banco Sabdell : According to press reports, the Council of Ministers will today authorise Enagás to start the Spanish part of the future European hydrogen network, H2Med. Work should start soon to meet the target of being operational by 2030. Assessment: Positive news with limited impact, as it will be a long process until 2030, the date initially planned (ceteris paribus) for the start of operations. H2Med is estimated to…
Santander Corporate & Investment | Enagás (Baa2u e, BBB e, BBB e) has announced the sale of its 30.2% stake in Tallgrass Energy to Blackstone for $1.1 billion (equivalent to €1.018 billion). The company noted that the sale is part of the asset rotation programme announced in the 2022-30 Strategic Plan. Enagás will record an accounting loss of €360 million, but also noted that the divestment will have a very…
Alphavalue/DIVACONS | The laying of the foundation stone for Germany’s first onshore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, which will be operated by Enagás and come on stream in 2027, was held last Friday in Stade. More than 1,100 people will work on the construction of Europe’s two largest LNG tanks, each with a capacity of 240,000 cubic metres, which will also be able to operate with renewable ammonia. The terminal…
Total demand for natural gas fell by -4.0% in 1Q2024 compared to the same period in 2023. But the company’s total revenues as of 31 March 2024 remained the same as in 1Q23: €220.5 million. EBITDA at 31 March 2024 stood at €178.3 million, 2.7% higher than in 1Q2023 and on track to meet ENG’s annual target of €750 – 760 million. EBIT decreased by 3.1% year-on-year in 1Q2024 to…
Banc Sabadell| Enagás (ENG) announced at the AGM that it will consolidate its presence in Germany by increasing its stake in the Hanseatic Energy Hub (HEH) consortium from 10% to 15%, where Enagás will assume the technical management of the construction of the Stade LNG plant (scheduled to come online in 2027). The total investment volume of the project amounts to around €1.6 billion (€1 billion for construction). Assessment: Low…
Norbolsa| The company estimates that the investments planned to achieve the Spanish hydrogen infrastructure total €4.9 billion (€1.2 billion in underground storage and €3.7 billion in infrastructures). In this sense, for H2Med, an investment of €2,5 billion was estimated, of which €1 billion would be Spanish investment. The company registered 650 hydrogen projects from a total of 206 companies in the “Call for interest” process it launched last September to…
Link Securities| Enagás (ENG) has awarded Endesa (ELE) the logistics services for the El Musel liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Gijón, according to Europa Press. This step marks the end of the binding phase of the capacity allocation process (Open Season). A total of 13 bids were received between 5 and 30 June, the period during which this final part of the process took place. The logistics services offered…
ENAGAS has presented its 2022 results. Operating results were in line with consensus, both revenues and EBITDA (€797m vs €798m css, down 11% Year-on-Year), as well as EBIT (€478mn vs €476mn). However, the company posted a FY22 net profit (€376mn) -6% below consensus (€401mn), due to the discrepancy in the timing of the Morelos pipeline sale (the sale is now expected to be completed in the first four months of…
The country set to account for the lion’s share of Iberian exports of green hydrogen agreed yesterday, Sunday, with France, Spain and Portugal, to join the H2Med project, which will therefore reach Germany, as announced yesterday by the German and French presidents, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron. The H2Med project consists of building a large underwater pipeline linking Spain with France, via Barcelona and Marseilles, to transport hydrogen to Europe….