The Port Authority of Valencia and the Valencia Terminal Europe (VTE) of the Grimaldi Group have signed an agreement that regulates the installation, operation and maintenance of a plant photovoltaic under construction on the roof of the silo located in the terminal at the East Dam of the Spanish port managed by the company of the Italian group. The president of the port authority, Mar Chao, pointed out that "with the generation of about 11% of the electricity needed by the port for its operation, the implementation of this infrastructure It will mean reinforcing the commitment to neutrality of the port's activity'.

For the construction of the photovoltaic system, which is already The Port Authority has invested over 16 million and the project is financed by Next Generation funds of the European Union and the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience of the Spanish government. The system on the roof of the terminal managed by the Grimaldi Group company will cover An area of 27,700 square meters, equal to almost five football fields. Over 9,000 MWh/year will be generated with this installation, which account for about 11% of electricity consumption of the port of Valencia.

This is the second photovoltaic plant in the Spanish port: the first, already in the testing phase, has been built on the Príncipe Felipe dam and will generate 2,353 MWh/year, equal to 3% of the electricity consumed in the port. The Authority Portuale is considering other sites on which to carry out a the third largest photovoltaic plant of the two already Assigned.