{"id":5855,"date":"2025-11-13T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2025\/11\/13\/gijon-port-launches-biolng-bunkering\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:19:22","slug":"gijon-port-launches-biolng-bunkering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/alternative-fuels-greenport\/gijon-port-launches-biolng-bunkering\/","title":{"rendered":"Gij\u00f3n Port launches BioLNG bunkering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Owned by Enag\u00e1s (75%) and Reganosa (25%), the Musel Energy Hub will now supply BioLNG, a sustainable liquefied biofuel derived from domestic and industrial organic waste.<\/p>\n<p>The service enables biomethane injected into the gas network to be recognised and delivered as BioLNG through the terminal, supporting the European Union\u2019s decarbonisation and sustainability objectives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve reached a new milestone in the development of the Gij\u00f3n terminal as a multi-molecule plant,\u201d said Antonio Manzano, managing director of Musel Energy Hub.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a clear step forward in our commitment to meet decarbonisation goals while strengthening energy security for Spain and Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Multi-energy hub<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new BioLNG service marks a key development in port bunkering, an activity that has grown more than tenfold in Spain since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Between January and September this year, 4.6 TWh of LNG were supplied via Enag\u00e1s and Reganosa terminals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreparing the regasification plant to supply ships with BioLNG will allow shipping companies operating with dual and adapted engines to refuel in Gij\u00f3n, thus contributing to the strategic goal of reducing our carbon footprint,\u201d said&nbsp;Nieves Roque\u00f1\u00ed, president of the Port Authority of Gij\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dHaving a multi-energy platform to supply European ports and maritime routes and an excellent location in the centre of northern Spain with direct access to the Atlantic provides us with an excellent opportunity to move towards climate neutrality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Port of Gij\u00f3n is one of the main seaports of the Atlantic Arc and is the leading port for solid bulk movement in Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Musel Energy Hub terminal at the Port of Gij\u00f3n\u00a0has launched a new BioLNG fuel supply service for ships and tankers, advancing Spain\u2019s alternative fuels infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,34],"tags":[40,2232,37,2363,2361,1863,539,2362],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-europe-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-biolng","tag-decarbonisation","tag-energy-security","tag-musel-energy-hub","tag-port-bunkering","tag-port-infrastructure","tag-port-of-gijon"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5855","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=5855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5857,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5855\/revisions\/5857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5855"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}