The partnership between Japan’s Toyota Tsusho Europe and Germany’s Messer, through the joint venture SympH2ony, was the only bid submitted to build the first green hydrogen refueling station for vehicles in the Port of Barcelona and the national port system. Now, the Port Authority’s legal department must decide on the suitability of SympH2ony’s financial bid, whose envelopes were opened on March 27, although the tender process began without any competition.
SympH2ony’s technical proposal received a score of 42.5 out of 50. The strategic business proposal received 18 out of 20 points; the operational proposal, 13 out of 15; the technical project, 7 out of 10; and the sustainability proposal, 4.5 out of 5.
In this regard, the tender stipulates that the new facility must have a minimum production capacity of 2 MW, with capacity increases beyond this figure viewed favorably. It also views favorably the hydrogen station having a mobile unit to serve terminals where there is machinery that runs on hydrogen but, due to its characteristics, cannot be moved, thereby expanding its service radius to the entire port area.
In mid-2024, SympH2ony applied for a concession from the Port of Barcelona to build a facility for the production and supply of H2 as vehicle fuel. The call for bids was published in September 2025 and established the terms for building the hydrogen station, which will be located on a 7,000-square-meter plot in the Port ZAL at the intersection of the port, the Prat ZAL, the Barcelona ZAL, the Free Trade Zone, and the logistics areas of El Prat de Llobregat.
The new hydrogen station will not only supply hydrogen to land vehicles and port machinery but will also produce it using electrolysers powered by 100% renewable energy, ensuring that the fuel supplied is carbon-neutral and can be classified as green hydrogen.
Toyota already operates other hydrogen refueling stations in Spain, such as the one located in Zaragoza on the A-2 highway (El Cisne), through the company SHiE.
News and image obtained: " El Canal Marítimo y Logístico"
