Enagás subsidiary Scale Gas has received funding from the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda to boost the construction of a bunkering vessel for the supply of LNG and bio-LNG in the Canary Islands. This subsidy, which is channeled through the Support for Sustainable and Digital Transport Program, is part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
This project, ‘Net Zero hive Canarias,’ is part of the ‘Net Zero hive’ initiative promoted by Enagás in its commitment to sustainability and energy transition and to promote decarbonization in the maritime sector. The project also contributes to the deployment of the institutional strategy LNGhive2, led by Puertos del Estado, for the development of LNG bunkering supply in ports in compliance with the obligations established in Directive 2014/94 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure.
The vessel will have a capacity of 12,500m3 for bunkering alternative fuels – LNG and bio-LNG – and will be put into operation for use by shippers from June 2025. In addition, it could be adapted for the supply of ammonia as a marine fuel, which would allow the use of hydrogen as a carrier for the decarbonization of transport.
As the promotor, Scale Gas will receive a total of 15 million euros – the total financial support requested – and plans to start construction of the vessel from June 2023.
Net Zero hive
The goal of ‘Net Zero hive’, which is a continuation of the ‘CORE LNGas hive’ project and the ‘LNGhive2’ strategy and is aligned with European policies to accelerate the decarbonization of the maritime-port sector, is to promote the use of port infrastructures to foster more sustainable energy sources.
Specifically, it proposes to adapt the regasification plants in Spanish ports and other facilities in the port’s area of influence to favor the production of low-carbon fuels such as hydrogen, bio-LNG or synthetic methane.
Along this line, the ‘LNGhive2’ strategy has several active projects, including the construction of two LNG bunkering vessels: one will shortly operate in Barcelona and the other in Algeciras from the end of 2023.
Source: Enagás
