Spain’s Valencia Port will be the first in Europe to use hydrogen (H2) for its cargo operations thanks to a $4.6m European pilot programme that aims to reduce port activities’ environmental impact.
The project will start with the use of a reach stacker and of a terminal tractor, used to manipulate containers, both powered by H2 batteries.
“The pilot project, denominated H2Ports, also incorporates the installation of a new mobile station to supply H2, that in the initial phase of the project will work in the terminals of Grimaldi (Valencia Terminal Europa) and MSC of the Port of Valencia,” the statement said.
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