BBG launches bio-LNG loading service at Port of Bilbao
Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG), a storage facility jointly owned by the Basque Energy Agency and Spanish energy company Enagás, has started providing bio-LNG loading services at the Port of Bilbao.
IMAGE: BBG’s storage facility in the Port of Bilbao. BBG
The launch follows BBG’s successful completion of an ISCC audit in December. ISCC certification confirms compliance with sustainability standards set by the European Commission and ensures full traceability of the biomethane used in bio-LNG supply chains.
Bio-LNG will be available for delivery to both tanker trucks and ships, according to BBG.
The operation relies on an interconnected infrastructure model that links regasification plants, biomethane producers and end users. Under this framework, biomethane is injected into the gas grid by producers and later purchased along with corresponding Proofs of Sustainability (PoS), which verify the emissions reductions associated with the supplied bio-LNG.
Through this arrangement, BBG will connect biomethane producers with companies utilising its regasification facility at the terminal, enabling bio-LNG cargoes to be certified as renewable in origin. Because the process functions as an accounting and certification mechanism, physical supply operations for ships and tankers will remain unchanged.
Separately, the Mugardos Energy Terminal, owned by Spain’s Reganosa Group, recently confirmed its readiness to supply bio-LNG for use as marine fuel.
By Tuhin Roy
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