Sagunto regasification terminal in Spain gets upgraded to offer LNG bunkering services

Spanish energy company Enagás on Tuesday (12 December) said the Sagunto regasification terminal near Valencia, Spain has been successfully adapted to offer liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering services.

The initiative was part of the ‘LNGHIVE2: Infrastructure and Logistics Solutions’ project which is coordinated by Enagás and promoted by Saggas and the Valenciaport Foundation.

Launched in October 2018, the project advances the European Union’s decarbonisation objectives in the field of sustainable mobility. 20% of the total investment has been financed with European funds from the European transport aid programme Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

‘LNGHIVE2: Infrastructure and Logistics Solutions’ is part of the strategy to deploy LNG supply points in ports, and develop the associated market promoted by the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility through Puertos del Estado (the Spanish Ports Authority).

During the presentation of the results of this initiative, held today at the Sagunto regasification terminal, CEO of Saggas, Santiago Álvarez, said that “participation in this European initiative has allowed us to expand the services offered at our facilities. 

“The adaptation of our quay has made it possible for our facilities to load LNG in small scale vessels, with a capacity of less than 6,500 m3 , which will contribute to boosting bunkering activity in our area”.

Enagás’ Gas Assets General Manager, Claudio Rodríguez, said: “In a context of special complexity and demands in terms of decarbonisation for ports and their activity, both linked to intermodality and the industrial environment, this project has become an acceleration tool based on an example of public-private partnership, which lays the foundations for the introduction of renewable gases in accordance with the new regulation on Alternative Fuels Infrastructures in Mobility (AFIR)”.

Photo credit: Enagás
Published: 14 December, 2023