A group of international consultancies, including OX2, the Bank of Åland, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, are running a feasibility study for the construction of a mega green port in Finland.
The green port project will be located at the port of Långnäs in Finland’s autonomous region of Åland. This area is already home to major offshore wind power projects, which will be a catalyst for the feasibility study of the green port.
According to Seatrade Maritime, the project is expected to be a hub for hydrogen production for use both as a marine fuel for the shipping sector and in industrial processes in the region.
“In addition to being an important part of the offshore wind power projects, it will generate jobs and produce e-fuel for the shipping industry,” says Anders Wiklund, Country Manager Åland at OX2. “The port will strengthen Åland’s potential to become the leading green hub in the Nordic region.”
The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping will provide expertise on green e-fuel and port development to the project, which study is expected to take one year and consider practical, technical and financial factors.
“We are very much looking forward to being involved in this feasibility study, the vision for Åland and the role that Långnäs can play for shipping. The global shipping industry is clamouring for green e-fuel on a large scale, which makes the timing of this feasibility study perfect,” said Johan Byskov Svendsen, Programme Manager at the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.
