Hydrogen will be imported into the port of Rotterdam as ammonia
Cepsa to supply Spain-Netherlands green hydrogen corridor
The Spanish oil and gas firm plans to supply Rotterdam’s ACE terminal with green ammonia starting from 2027
Spain’s Cepsa has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the port of Rotterdam’s planned ACE terminal to ship green ammonia exports from 2027, as part of a Spain-Netherlands green hydrogen corridor. The ammonia will be either converted back to hydrogen at the terminal for industrial end-use, or consumed directly in shipping and industry in northwest Europe. The ACE terminal’s developers—Gasunie, HES, and Vopak—have reserved space at the site for a potential ammonia cracker, although the firms have also joined a feasibility study on a central ammonia cracker in the port. The terminal, scheduled for startup in 2026, is expected to feed into Gasunie’s planned hydrogen network throughou
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