Amidst the European Union's long-distance race towards strategic autonomy, European gas system operators are strengthening their control over infrastructure, from the pipes through which natural gas is transported to the underground storage facilities where fossil fuel is kept available for the winter months, when demand soars. Specifically, Enagás, the Spanish manager of gas infrastructure in the State, and its French counterpart, Teréga, have taken a step forward in this direction, after reaching an agreement for the former to acquire 31.5% of the French operator's share capital.

Enagás begins a tour to seek Catalonia's complicity with green hydrogen. Specifically, with the infrastructure that will allow its transport. Starting this Tuesday, the Spanish manager of gas infrastructure launches the public participation plan for the hydrogen network in the Principality, through which it plans to gather input from affected territories: from citizen opinion to city councils. To this end, it will hold a total of 16 in-person participatory workshops in different affected municipalities from this April 13th to next May 30th. "The project information will be presented, contributions will be collected, and doubts will be resolved," indicate Enagás sources. The intention is to minimize possible social and political resistances to the project, especially after the experience with infrastructures, now completely stalled, such as the MidCat pipeline that was to connect Catalonia with France.

The Government has appointed the president of Enagás as the new president of the UB's social council, and just a few days ago we also explained in theCompanies Vicenç Pedret, a businessman close to Oriol Junqueras, joined Enagás as a board member. Banco Santander will propose a new board member to its shareholders' meeting, scheduled for the end of March, and the Antolín group has appointed Emma Antolín as the company's head. Below are the week's most significant appointments.

Following the collapse of Ciudadanos, its founder, Albert Rivera, has made several moves in the private sector. His latest is at Empresas Mágicas de España, a new venture where he will serve as an advisor. Meanwhile, businessman Vicenç Pedret, linked to Oriol Junqueras, will be nominated as a board member of Enagás, and ACAVe will have a new board after elections that gave the victory to the most radical candidate, ousting the status quo. These are the week's most notable appointments.

The energy company Enagás has closed an agreement with the Catalan company Molins for an innovative industrial decarbonisation project that aims to capture CO₂ from the Sant Vicenç dels Horts cement plant facilities and transport it by gas pipeline to Tarragona for its subsequent use to manufacture green fuels, the two companies reported on Thursday.