From March 17 to 19, a Consortium meeting of the European Union co-funded project H2Deri@BSP took place in Luleå, Sweden. The Freeport of Ventspils Authority was represented by Kaspars Liepiņš, developer of the renewable energy cluster.
During the meeting, project partners familiarised themselves with the Port of Luleå, one of the largest cargo ports in Sweden and an important industrial centre in the northern part of the Gulf of Bothnia. They discussed project activities and latest updates and presented interim results of their work tasks. The Freeport of Ventspils Authority presented a techno-economic and commercial model designed to assess the development potential of solar, wind, and hybrid power plants, as well as green hydrogen and its derivative production facilities.
‘The model is intended for ports and municipalities to help create attractive proposals for investors in the renewable energy sector, and the partners evaluated the model positively. Currently, the model—being developed by the Danish company Ramboll—is in its final stage of development and is being tested and refined together with project partners. Once completed, the model will help the Freeport of Ventspils to purposefully attract investments in green energy and alternative fuel development,’ Liepiņš explains regarding the task of developing the model.
The meeting in Luleå is the third in-person meeting of the project. Project H2Deri@BSP aims to develop appropriate strategies that will enable the participating ports to timely transform into green energy hubs and contribute to reducing CO₂ emissions in the Baltic Sea Region.
The project H2-Derivatives@BalticSeaPorts is funded by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme 2021–2027 with the co-funding of the European Union. The project implementation period runs until 29 February 2028.
