The Port of Almería puts out to tender an electrical substation of up to 20 MW
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The Port Authority of Almería tenders for 12.7 million a substation and a high-voltage line to unlock new industrial land.
AlmeríaYa newsroom · ·
Update of November 11, 23:07
The tender is already published on the Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público under file 28/O/A/AL26, open procedure and works contract type. The base budget shown on the platform is 10.529.429,40 euros excluding VAT, compared with the 12.740.609,57 euros including VAT that appeared in the previous information.
The deadline for submitting bids will remain open until January 19, 2027 at 18:00, according to the contract record.
The Port of Almería will be able to add new industry to its docks. The Port Authority of Almería (APA) has put out to tender the drafting of the project and the execution of a new 66 kV high-voltage line and an electrical substation in the port's fishing area, with a maximum capacity of up to 20 megawatts (MW).
The infrastructure starts with an initial power of 8 MW, expandable up to those 20 MW depending on the maximum capacity of the substation. That first reserve has been guaranteed by contract by Endesa after more than a year of negotiations, as detailed by the APA, and it is what allows industrial projects to start being attracted.
The contract includes the drafting of the construction project, the construction of the line and the substation, the maintenance of both installations and the drafting of the MEIPOR (Port Investment Evaluation Method). The base budget is 12,740,609.57 euros, VAT included, and it is co-financed up to 85% with European Feder funds.
Two years until commissioning
The total term of the contract is 49 months: 25 to commission the installations and 24 of subsequent maintenance. In practice, once the contract is awarded, the electrical infrastructure will be operational in two years, which will allow the APA to start the administrative concession procedures for new port industry.
The new installations will also make it possible to implement the OPS (Onshore power supply) system, which supplies power to ships from land and prevents them from keeping their engines running while docked. The APA presents it as a way to reduce CO2 emissions and noise in the city.
The saturation of the electrical grid slows industrial development in Andalucía, a situation that also affects the port of Almería. The tender is issued with that power margin as the main guarantee to attract companies.
The Port Authority of Almería has other actions underway, such as the renovation of the access gangways to ships on four ramps, which the portal reported in October 2026 had been put out to tender for 3.2 million euros.
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