The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has awarded APPLUS NORCONTROL S.L.U. two construction management contracts totalling €192,344.64 to connect renewable generation assets to the medium-voltage grids at the ports of Valencia and Sagunto over a 13-month execution window.

The contract package sits inside the PAV's RENMARINAS project, an initiative funding the integration of renewable technologies with existing port electrical infrastructure. APPLUS NORCONTROL will handle construction management plus health-and-safety coordination for the design, supply and installation of two distinct electrical evacuation systems.

What's in each contract?

The Valencia contract, with a tender base budget of €97,484.42 including VAT, covers the evacuation system serving a floating photovoltaic plant at the Port of Valencia. The Sagunto contract, valued at €94,860.22 including VAT, covers the equivalent system for a wave power installation feeding the medium-voltage grid at the Port of Sagunto.

What is RENMARINAS?

RENMARINAS funds the integration of renewable technologies—offshore wind, wave, tidal and floating solar—with the electricity grids at Valencia and Sagunto. The project sits inside Spain's Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, financed through the European Union–NextGenerationEU programme and administered by the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE).

The wave power plant at Sagunto converts the kinetic movement of sea waves into electricity that flows into the port's grid. The floating photovoltaic platform at Valencia generates solar power on water rather than land, feeding the medium-voltage network without consuming quayside storage space.

Why does port electrification matter for carriers and shippers?

For container lines calling at Valencia—Spain's largest container hub—and vehicle carriers using Sagunto, renewable-fed medium-voltage capacity underpins the future expansion of shore power at berth. The PAV's investment positions both ports to support ship operators facing tighter carbon rules from the IMO and the extension of the EU Emissions Trading System to maritime transport.

Terminal equipment electrification depends directly on grid capacity. Wave and solar injection at Sagunto, a key automotive and breakbulk gateway, will broaden the renewable share available for cargo-handling gear, refrigerated container plugs and electric yard tractors. At Valencia, floating solar frees terminal land for container stacking while adding generation capacity inside the port estate.

What's the execution schedule?

Both contracts carry an expected execution period of 13 months from award. With construction management now in APPLUS NORCONTROL's hands, the PAV expects design finalisation, supply contracts and installation to proceed in parallel across both sites.

The contract values reflect the management-and-coordination scope rather than the full capital cost of the renewable installations themselves. The PAV has not disclosed the total installed-capacity targets for the floating PV platform or the Sagunto wave energy converter.

What's the policy trajectory?

RENMARINAS sits inside a wider EU push to connect port infrastructure with offshore renewable generation, a category that includes hydrogen pilots, offshore wind and wave-power demonstrations from the North Sea to the Mediterranean. Spain's allocation through NextGenerationEU reflects the strategic weight given to port decarbonisation inside the EU recovery fund architecture.

For Valenciaport, the next phase moves from construction management into commissioning, with the floating solar and wave power assets expected to begin feeding the medium-voltage grids as the 13-month execution window closes, contingent on weather windows for offshore installation work and supply chain delivery of wave-energy equipment.