DUAL Ports

SolarWindHydrogenWaveTidal

Profile last updated: July 28, 2026

About

DUAL Ports is a renewable energy company specializing in Solar, Wind, Hydrogen.

DUAL Ports is a port decarbonisation and energy efficiency programme involving multiple European ports. It runs pilot projects on renewable energy, hydrogen, wave and tidal power, floating solar, LNG, LED lighting and sustainable port materials, with the aim of making ports more carbon neutral at reduced cost. The Port of Oostende is the project leader.

Focus areas

port decarbonisationhydrogenwave energytidal energyfloating solarheat pumpgreen portsenergy efficiencysustainable shipping

Products & services

Business models

B2B

Value chain

Development

Projects

Floating solar pilot, Port of Oostende

Floating solar PV

Floating solar power installation in the Port of Oostende.

Oostende, Belgium

HEAT pilot

Renewable energy integration and heat pump system

Uses surplus electricity from onshore wind, solar and planned offshore wind to feed a local heating system via an intelligent heat pump and heat exchanger, with hydrogen generated from renewable surplus for port transport.

Hvide Sande, Denmark

Hydrogen ferry refuelling and bunkering pilot, Orkney

Green hydrogen refuelling

Design of a hydrogen bunkering and refuelling system for zero-carbon hydrogen ferries in the Orkney Islands.

United Kingdom

SEA POWER wave energy pilot

Wave energy converter

Demonstrates wave energy supply to ports and hydrogen production and develops a wave energy converter.

Oostende, Belgium

Wave and tidal energy pilot, Port of Oostende

Wave and tidal energy generation

Tests wave and tidal energy generation equipment to supply clean power, with surplus potentially converted to hydrogen.

Oostende, Belgium

SAIL CARGO TEST

Wind propulsion and hydrogen generation

Adapts a sail vessel to transport cargo with wind propulsion and hydrogen generation.

Denmark

SURFACE pilot, Port of Skagen

Photocatalytic environmental asphalt

Tests CO2-reducing, NOx-absorbing environmental asphalt and pavement in the port area.

Skagen, Denmark

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Port of Oostende, Port of Skagen, Port of Hvide Sande, Hvide Sande Fjernvarme, Seabased, Uppsala University, ITM Power, Laminaria, Orkney Islands Council, Orkney College, Port of Vordingborg, Port of Zwolle, Port of Meppel, Port of Kampen, Port of Emden, Business Vordingborg, Greenpipe, Fair Winds Trust, Timbercoast, InconE60, Celtic Cruises, International Wind Ships