Amsterdam, Bilbao ports to develop renewable hydrogen corridor

The ports signed the MoU together with the Energy Agency of the Basque Government (EVE), Petronor, SkyNRG, Evos Amsterdam and Zenith Energy Terminals.

Under the MoU, the partners want to create a renewable hydrogen supply chain, focusing on production in the Basque Country and export to the Netherlands and the European hinterland through the port of Amsterdam, which fits with the wider Basque Hydrogen Strategy, developed by EVE aiming at both domestic and international markets, and the Dutch government’s stimulation of the production, import and use of hydrogen.

The port of Bilbao is part of the Basque Hydrogen Corridor, a collaboration spearheaded by Petronor and Repsol to decarbonise the energy, industrial, residential and mobility sectors.

Thus, Petronor and Repsol, together with EVE and other companies, are developing the construction of electrolysers to produce renewable hydrogen, with a total capacity of 113 MW, and a demonstration plant to produce hydrogen-based e-fuels, the first synthetic fuel plaint in Spain.

They are working on another project focused on a municipal waste pyrolysis plant with Repsol’s strategy of promoting the circular economy. It will use technologies to decarbonise processes in Petronor.

‘In order to realise a climate neutral energy system and a sustainable industry, the Netherlands and Europe have large hydrogen ambitions. International collaboration is essential to develop the hydrogen market and the associated infrastructure,” said Rob Jetten, Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Policy.

“Within the EU, Spain offers plenty of opportunities and is therefore one of our most important hydrogen partners. In the end, it is the companies that will truly need to make it happen. It is Important that it is already happening, and that Dutch and Spanish companies are reaching shared agreements on the delivery of green hydrogen.”

“The Port of Bilbao is fully committed to the production, transport and use of renewable energies and supports and works together with those companies that are developing green sources of energies. And green hydrogen is one of the most important paths for that goal,” Carlos Alzaga, Managing Director of the Port of Bilbao Authority added.

Port of Amsterdam is the operator of Europe’s fourth-largest port and has pledged to developing green hydrogen facilities within its port area, as well as establishing import corridors for green hydrogen and its derivatives.

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