The international consortium Bornholm Bunker Hub is launching a process to find partners and customers seeking to accelerate decarbonisation and refuel vessels with sustainable fuels.
Bornholm Bunker Hub plans to enable the bunkering of sustainable fuels at the Port of Roenne by 2025.
The consortium has investigated the possibility of establishing a green bunkering station with sustainable marine fuels at Bornholm. Over the past year, Bornholm Bunker Hub has carried out a feasibility study of the financial potential of supplying sustainable fuels to the shipping industry in the Baltic Sea near Bornholm, potentially using local Power-to-X production of green fuels.
As described, local production of Power-to-X fuels could be an important part of implementing a competitive bunker hub and is achievable when the Energy Island at Bornholm is established around 2030 with at least 2 GW of offshore wind energy.
At this stage, the consortium will begin looking for partners and customers who want to take part in the realization of Bornholm Bunker Hub. Later on, the consortium will engage potential customers in the Baltic Sea to identify their expected demands for sustainable fuels.
Several companies are already participating in the consortium. In the long run, the plan for Bornholm Bunker Hub is to be able to supply green fuels, such as methanol and ammonia, to the more than 60,000 ships that pass by Bornholm every year.
The consortium behind Bornholm Bunker Hub comprises 8 partners:
Ørsted, Molslinjen, Topsoe, Bunker Holding Group, Wärtsilä, Ramboll, Bureau Veritas and Port of Roenne A/S.
The demand for green shipping fuels is rising rapidly, and Bornholm’s strategic location makes it a natural location for a bunkering hub for marine transport in the Baltic Sea
…Anders Christian Nordstrøm, COO, Ørsted Power2X, said.
It is gratifying to see how quickly we can make things happen when all good forces are pulling in the same direction. The green transition will be costly, and it will require the efforts of all of us – the government, business and industry, as well as individual consumers. We must face this challenge together
…Carsten Jensen, CEO, Molslinjen (Bornholmslinjen), noted.
The Bornholm Bunker Hub initiative will provide important lessons on how the industry can join forces to build future regional green-fuel supply chains for shipping. We see clean energy hubs like this as key enablers for the changeover to green shipping, and safe access to green fuel will be crucial for the implementation of our own clean-engine technology in future vessels
…Gudmundur Langvik-Valdimarsson, General Manager, Sales, Wärtsilä Denmark, mentioned. According to the company, this project is a good example of how the industry can pool combine the various areas of expertise to take important steps towards transitioning to clean energy in maritime operations.
During the initial phase, the Bornholm Bunker Hub consortium has demonstrated that collaboration between companies across the value chain can achieve real progress towards decarbonizing shipping.
…Gijsbert de Jong, Marine Chief Executive, Nordics, Bureau Veritas, said. Gijsbert de Jong also said that in the second phase, the company will be committed to supporting the practical realization of the group’s ambition to supply alternative bunker fuel from Bornholm.
