Musel Power Hub, the LNG plant in Gijón, Spain, owned by Enagás and Reganosa, has launched a service to produce bio-LNG to ships and tankers.
Based on Enagás, the brand new service is obtainable as of November 5, and it makes use of the interconnected infrastructure in order that the biomethane injected into the gasoline community could be acknowledged as bio-LNG and provided through the terminal.
The service meets all of the environmental, social, and traceability standards outlined within the Worldwide Sustainability and Carbon Certification of the European Union (ISCC EU) and the European Fee, the corporate mentioned.
Antonio Manzano, Managing Director of Musel Power Hub, highlighted the occasion as “a brand new milestone within the improvement of the Gijón terminal as a multi-molecule plant” and “a transparent step ahead” in contribution to the decarbonization targets “whereas enhancing the competitiveness of this key infrastructure for the safety of the vitality provide in Spain and Europe“.
Nieves Roqueñí, President of the Port Authority of Gijón, declared that “getting ready the regasification plant to produce ships with bio-LNG will enable delivery corporations working with twin and tailored engines to refuel in Gijón, thus contributing to the strategic objective of lowering our carbon footprint. Having a multi-energy platform to produce European ports and maritime routes and a very good location within the centre of northern Spain with direct entry to the Atlantic offers us with a wonderful alternative to maneuver in direction of local weather neutrality”.
The brand new service coincides with the exponential development of bunkering in recent times in Spain, multiplying its exercise greater than tenfold between 2022 and the present date.
Between January and September this yr, 4.6 TWh have been provided on the terminals operated by Enagás and Reganosa in Spain, of which 4.1 TWh have been loaded onto small ships (ship-to-ship) and 0.5 TWh have been loaded by way of tankers (truck-to-ship), the corporate reported.
Earlier this yr, Enagás additionally launched bio-LNG provide service at its regasification terminals in Barcelona and Huelva.
