{"id":6072,"date":"2026-01-29T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2026\/01\/29\/alicante-advances-its-green-hydrogen-strategy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:20:50","slug":"alicante-advances-its-green-hydrogen-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/alternative-fuels-greenport\/alicante-advances-its-green-hydrogen-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicante advances its green hydrogen strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Approved by the Alicante Port Authority, the tender covers construction and operation of a renewable hydrogen production and supply plant at Berth 19, forming part of the so-called PORTALI-H2 project.<\/p>\n<p>The new tender gives concrete form to President Luis Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s vision of \u201cdeveloping a port oriented to decarbonisation\u201d, positioning green hydrogen, electrification and renewable energy as core levers for operational change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EU alignment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;PORTALI-H2 project aligns with European climate objectives and the port\u2019s strategy to become a smart, sustainable Mediterranean energy hub, while strengthening the knowledge base that underpins marine training, ocean conservation and youth training across the wider port ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>By acting as a testbed for clean industrial technologies, the project will also support skills development and knowledge generation relevant to future marine training and youth training needs linked to low-emission port and terminal operations.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed 30-year concession, the plant will be located at the southern end of Berth 19, occupying around 500 m\u00b2, with a further 3,000 m\u00b2 allocated on the breakwater for renewable power generation.<\/p>\n<p>The technical solution is expected to include approximately 1 MW of electrolyser capacity, with designs required to minimise visual impact while meeting strict safety and environmental standards.<\/p>\n<p>Powered primarily by renewable energy generated within the port, the facility is intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and lower the port\u2019s carbon footprint.<\/p>\n<p>By offering cleaner energy alternatives for vessels, port equipment and logistics chains, the project reinforces ocean conservation objectives while contributing to a resilient, low-emission port model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Port of Alicante has launched a tender for its first renewable hydrogen plant, reinforcing a green roadmap that supports decarbonisation, innovation and long-term competitiveness across port operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,34],"tags":[40,2460,1451,181,2214],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-europe-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-marine-fuel","tag-port-of-alicante","tag-renewable-energy","tag-renewable-hydrogen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6072","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=6072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6074,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6072\/revisions\/6074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6072"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}