Enagás ready to provide bio-LNG to ships at Huelva and Barcelona terminals

Spanish energy company Enagás is all set to launch bio-LNG supply service at its regasification terminals in Barcelona and Huelva.

Enagás said the new service will come into operation in March, providing bio-LNG for tankers and ships.

According to the company, this will be one of the first services 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.

These terminals in Barcelona and Huelva 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.

“The Huelva and Barcelona terminals have carried out practically the entire LNG bunkering supply in Spain in 2024 and have already surpassed – since the start of this type of operations – 300 refuelings to small-scale vessels in these two terminals,” the company said.

“The new bio-LNG service will help consolidate this growth, reaffirming Enagás’ commitment to sustainability and innovation and contributing to a cleaner and more efficient future.”

The launch of this service marks a milestone for Enagás which has also coordinated projects for the decarbonization of maritime transport, such as Core LNGas Hive and LNGas Hive 2, and has invested in small-scale infrastructure in all its terminals to adapt them to the market.

Furthermore, the company has actively participated in the development of specific procedures and regulations for ship refueling systems (bunkering).

Reportedly, this resulted in bunkering’s exponential growth in recent years in Spain, increasing its activity ninefold from 2022 to 3.8 TWh supplied in 2024. Out of this total, 3.1 TWh were loaded onto small vessels (ship-to-ship) and the remaining 0.7 TWh by tankers (truck-to-ship).