Vigo, SPAIN, 7 September 2022.
This was announced this morning the president of the Authority of the Port Authority of Vigo, Jesus Vazquez Almuiña, in the official presentation of the project, in which he was accompanied by the first vice president and Regional Minister of Economy, Industry and Innovation, Francisco Conde, and the PROMOTERS (Quantum Group, Univergy Solar and Soltec Ingenieros) of the firm Julio Verne Hidrógeno Puerto de Vigo, SL.
This project, known as “Jules Verne” will serve to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of the generation and dispensing of green hydrogen in port logistics and will initiate the development of the necessary applications for its use in maritime mobility as a differentiating and leadership element for Galicia in these technologies.
For the production of green hydrogen, a 1.4 MW electrolyzer will be used in the first phase, which will generate around 570 kg of hydrogen per day (213 mt/year), enough to supply an equivalent fleet of between 35 and 45 heavy vehicles, to which one or two small ships will be added for port operations.
Currently, the project, which would involve an initial investment of 6M€, has been submitted to the “Mechanism for Recovery and Resilience” funds. The company Julio Verne Hidrógeno Puerto de Vigo, SL, has already applied for the concession and the project is in the public exhibition phase. Also, 80% of the hydrogen consumption is already closed for industrial use. The plant will be operational in 2024.
The Hydrogen Roadmap for Spain foresees a first phase of installation of 600 MW of electrolyser capacity by 2024 and at least 4 GW by 2030. Within the same time horizon, the European Hydrogen Strategy sets a target for Europe of installing 6 GW (2024) and 40 GW (2030) of electrolysers.
