THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 18 - 22 Issue No. 1926
2 - 8 June 2022
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STARTING POINT Tamsin Brown THE Cas Tresorer power station in Palma will be the injection point for Spain’s first hydrogen pipeline, which will be used to transport hydro‐ gen that is 100 per cent green. The project is well underway and is expect‐ ed to be completed by the end of the year. Cas Tresorer will be the starting point for Mallor‐ ca’s gas distribution net‐ works and will transport all of the green hydrogen that is produced at the plant in Lloseta. “The Balearic Islands is a benchmark in the gen‐ eration of green hydro‐ gen and we continue to take steps to distribute this clean fuel, which will help us to decarbonise our islands,” said the vice‐president of the Balearic Islands Govern‐ ment and councillor for the Energy Transition,
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Citizens have been asked to help gather information about endangered species.
ENDANGERED INVERTEBRATES THE Species Protection Service of the Balearic Is‐ lands’ Ministry of the Environment and the Spanish Ornithological Society have jointly launched a new campaign to encourage citizens to help gather infor‐ mation on the most endangered marine inverte‐ brates of the Balearic Islands. The aim is to obtain in‐ formation on the species’ populations and locations.
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Mallorca will house Spain’s first green hydrogen pipeline.
Juan Pedro Yllanes, dur‐ ing his visit to Cas Tresor‐ er. He added: “Thanks to the hydrogen being gen‐ erated at the Lloseta plant, before the end of
the year, several public buses will be able to run before without emitting polluting gases.” The construction of the hydrogen pipeline is part of the Green Hysland pro‐
ject, which “aims to de‐ ploy a fully‐functioning hydrogen (H2) ecosystem in the island of Mallorca, turning the island into Eu‐ rope’s first H2 hub in southern Europe.”
MANACOR HOSPITAL REFURBISHMENT THE Spanish construction compa‐ ny OHLA has been awarded a pro‐ ject in Mallorca to refurbish and expand Manacor Hospital for €59 million. The company has already carried out similar projects in the United States, Latin America and Europe. The works will include the con‐ struction of several new buildings for the hospital, the extension of
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Significant improvements will be made to Manacor Hospital.
the surgical block, the complete refurbishment of the surgical and obstetrics block and improve‐ ments in the kitchen area and management building. The new surgical area will have seven operating theatres, a resus‐ citation unit with 14 beds and an intensive care unit with 12 beds, as well as offices and staff work areas.