{"id":4303,"date":"2024-05-03T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2024\/05\/03\/biofuel-barge-boosts-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:09:54","slug":"biofuel-barge-boosts-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/alternative-fuels-greenport\/biofuel-barge-boosts-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Biofuel barge boosts Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>Aalborg<\/em> is capable of supplying 100% B100, unlike traditional fuel barges that can not exceed 25% bio component. The vessel supplies fatty acid methyl esters produced from vegetable oils and will play a pivotal role in the Port of Barcelona\u2019s commitment to decarbonisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe importance of having a biofuel supply vessel permitted to supply up to 100% bio component, will provide the Port of Barcelona users with a solution to decarbonise their activity and to fully comply with EU regulations,\u201d said Llu\u00eds Salvad\u00f3, president of the Port of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe port, as part of its energy transition plan, is committed to transition and alternative fuels such as LNG, green methanol or green ammonia, as well as biofuels, which will help to reduce the maritime sector\u2019s carbon footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peninsula says that the vessel\u2019s ability to blend multiple bio feedstocks and traditional fuels on board, together with a certificate detailing the bio component percentage, allows ship owners to comply with impending Fuel EU Maritime regulation using the same engine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe addition of the <em>Aalborg<\/em> creates a meaningful, new decarbonisation solution for our customers and we\u2019re grateful to the port authority for facilitating its deployment in Barcelona,\u201d said Alejandro Morales Moreno, supply manager at Peninsula.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine energy supplier, Peninsular, has added an IMO II biofuel tanker to its fleet of fuel distribution barges in the western Mediterranean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,34],"tags":[40,27,203],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-europe-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-biofuel","tag-port-of-barcelona"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4305,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions\/4305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4303"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}