The consortium made up of Talgo, Sener, Repsol, Ingeteam and EPL secure an investment of 16 million euros for the hydrogen train in the Basque Country.

Investment in the project, which forms part of the BH2C, is led by Talgo, with 9.79 million euros, for which it has been awarded a grant of 3.91 million euros in the final proposal for subsidies. Repsol, the project's energy partner, will invest a further 1.93 million euros, with 700,000 euros of funding awarded to finance the infrastructure for generating renewable hydrogen and to provide the train's power supply.

The project also involves Basque companies with extensive experience in the electricity sector, such as Ingeteam, which will be awarded funds of around 500,000 euros towards a total investment of just over one million euros. The energy division of Sener, which has made a major commitment to hydrogen, will invest 2.09 million euros, for which it will receive an EU grant of 830,000 euros.

The consortium is completed by EPowerlabs (EPL), an engineering company from Gipuzkoa, which will invest 1.2 million euros part-funded through a grant of 500,000 euros, and Optimus, from Alava, with a grant of almost one million euros.

Talgo already tested the train last May on the tracks of its Madrid facilities in Las Matas, with a laboratory vehicle christened TPH2 equipped with coaches manufactured in Ribabellosa. In a second phase, tests will be conducted to validate the technology on general tracks.