Valencia Hydrogen

The development of a generator, compressor and tank forms part of the planned H2Ports project.

The hydrogen station will supply the fuel necessary to support continuous working cycles of port equipment. These include machinery in use in the construction phase as well as a reach stacker vehicle being tested at MSC Terminal Valencia. In addition, a conventional 4 x 4 tractor unit has been adapted for this power source for testing in loading and unloading operations at Valencia Terminal Europa operated by the Grimaldi Group.

The European project enabling Valencia to employ hydrogen for port machinery is called “H2PORTS – Implementing Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technologies in Ports”.

It is an initiative coordinated by the Valenciaport Foundation in partnership with the Port Authority, with financing from the Clean Hydrogen JU programme of the European Union.

The key objective of the process is to test and validate hydrogen technologies for port machinery by providing real working solutions without negatively impacting the performance and safety of port operations, while also producing zero local emissions.