The Port of Barcelona is moving towards its electrification. At the Grimaldi terminal, operational tests have begun on the system that will allow ferries to completely stop their engines and operate with electricity. These tests begin after Endesa has completed the installation of the underground line that connects this system to the electrical grid.
The electrical connection system began to be installed at the Grimaldi terminal on the Sant Bertran dock at the end of November. With this infrastructure, ferries arriving at the Barcelona terminal will be able to operate solely with renewable energy, thus reducing emissions and noise emitted by these ships when they are docked in the port. To install this system, the Port of Barcelona signed an agreement two years ago with Grimaldi, which has adapted the ships that dock at the Barcelona terminal to ensure their compatibility.
A step that, according to Endesa, represents a "key milestone to advance towards the decarbonization of the maritime sector" and accelerate the electrification of the port. The objective of the European Union is that all ports with more than 25 annual calls ---as is the case of Barcelona--- be electrified by 2030.
The electrical connection at Grimaldi represents a new advance in the Port of Barcelona's plan, which is investing around 110 million euros to electrify all its docks. A long-term project that began to be considered in early 2020 and started at the BEST terminal, the first container terminal in the Mediterranean to connect to electricity, and which will now also be applied to ferries arriving at the Grimaldi terminal.
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