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Enagas said in a statement this service will come into operation in March.
The firm claims the service is one of the first in Europe to use interconnected infrastructure so that biomethane injected into the gas network is recognized as bio-LNG – a liquid biofuel obtained by processing domestic and industrial organic waste – and is supplied from these regasification terminals.
Also, the terminals in Barcelona and Huelva will be able to offer this service because they comply with the environmental, social, and traceability criteria established by the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification of the European Union (ISCC EU) and the European Commission.
Enagas said this move adds to more than 10 years of work by Enagás, during which it has coordinated projects for the decarbonization of maritime transport,
These include projects such as Core LNGas Hive and LNGas Hive 2. The firm has also invested in small-scale infrastructure in all of its terminals to adapt them to the market.
Furthermore, the company has actively participated in the development of specific procedures and regulations for ship bunkering systems.
LNG bunkering growth
As a result, bunkering has seen exponential growth in recent years in Spain, increasing its activity ninefold from 2022 to 3.8 TWh supplied in 2024, Enagas said.
Out of this total, small-scale vessels received 3.1 TWh via ship-to-ship operations, and trucks received the remaining 0.7 TWh by tuck-to-ship operations, representing a 2.4-fold increase compared to 2023.
Enagas said the Huelva and Barcelona terminals have carried out practically the entire LNG bunkering supply in Spain in 2024.
In addition, the firm said that the two terminals have already surpassed 300 refuelings for small-scale vessels since starting operations.
Enagas operates a large network of gas pipelines in Spain and has three wholly-owned LNG import plants in Barcelona, Huelva, and Cartagena.
It also owns 75 percent of the Musel LNG facility, 50 percent of the BBG regasification plant in Bilbao, and 72.5 percent of the Sagunto plant, while Reganosa operates the Mugardos plant.