Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as solar, wind, hydro and geothermal. For ports, this includes the installation of solar and wind on- and offshore) projects to produce their own energy. This will help meets the European Union’s targets in its Renewable Energy Directive. Solar energy plays a key role in the clean energy transition. It will contribute to reaching the objectives of the REPowerEU plan and reduce the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels.
Port of Antwerp to utilise hydrogen-powered tugboat
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) December 13, 2023 – Port of Antwerp-Bruges and CMB.TECH have announced today that the Hydrotug 1, the first...
Umicore considers new facility in Gijon, Northern Spain
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) December 13, 2023 – Umicore, a global materials technology and recycling group, is considering El Musel, Port of Gijon, as a...
Largest rooftop PV park in Europe in Barcelona’s ZAL Port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 10, 2023 – Cilsa, the company that manages the Port of Barcelona’s intermodal logistics zone (ZAL Port), is...
DEME, Faria sign offshore wind agreement
DEME and Greek renewable energy developer and independent power producer FARIA Renewables have signed a cooperation agreement to explore opportunities and...
Cepsa, C2X to set up green methanol plant in Port of Huelva, Spain
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – Cepsa, the Spanish energy company, and C2X plan to set up a green methanol plant in the port of Huelva,...
Lhyfe wins “expression of interest” in Nantes St-Nazaire port project
Nantes St-Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) November 27, 2023 – The local start-up Lhyfe, which works in green hydrogen projects, is the winner of the call...
French government specifies details for two floating wind farms
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 27, 2023 – The French government has specified the location of two floating wind projects in the Mediterranean of...
Lhyfe to set up first green hydrogen project in Tarragona, Spain
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 26, 2023 – Lhyfe, a global operator in the production of renewable green hydrogen for transportation and...
HAROPA PORT: A new production plant on the Seine axis
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 24, 2023 – HAROPA PORT and VERSO ENERGY have signed an agreement for the installation of a plant to produce...
Gaia Energy starts solar plant in Tanger Med industrial platform
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 22, 2023 – Gaia Energy has commissioned a 386.41 kW solar plant for FIT Voltaira Morocco, in Tanger Med...
Bilbao, Amsterdam, Duisport plan renewable hydrogen corridor
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) November 16, 2023 – The ports of Bilbao, Amsterdam and duisport are looking at a possible renewable hydrogen corridor...
Repsol produces renewable hydrogen at Petronor, Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – Repsol has started producing renewable hydrogen at its Petronor industrial centre in the Port of Bilbao....
CVE lays foundation for the CVE Port de Bordeaux methanisation unit
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) October 25, 2023 – Yesterday, CVE, an independent producer of renewable energy, and the Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux...
Fincantieri’s VARD to build two vessels for Windward Offshore
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – Fincantieri’s VARD division will build two hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV)...
Windtre, PSA Italy install a 5G private network in Genoa Pra’
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) October 10, 2023 – Windtre and PSA Italy plan to install a 5G private network in Genoa Pra’ port terminal. This is part...
Suez Canal Economic Zone signs green fuel deal with Maersk’s C2X
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) October 4, 2023 – A framework agreement has been signed between C2X, part of Maersk, and a number of Egyptian...
Government official visits Koper port for solar update
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) September 29, 2023 – Yesterday, Luka Koper was visited by a delegation from the Ministry of Cohesion and Regional...
H2V plans hydrogen decarbonisation of Marseille Fos-sur-Mer industrial port zone
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 21, 2023 – H2V is preparing a gigafactory for the production of green hydrogen to decarbonise activities in...
Green hydrogen in the Suez Canal Economic Zone
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 19, 2023 – Green hydrogen production plants and facilities will be built in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE)...
The future of port decarbonisation: Green hydrogen
Munich, Germany (Ports Europe) September 18, 2023 – New research by Roland Berger predicts green hydrogen will decarbonize ports and their neighbouring...