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Ms Ursula von der Leyen, ‘Commission will take action in relation to maritime transport, including to oblige docked ships to use shore-side electricity’
12/12/2019. (Copied literally from European Sea Ports Organization-ESPO) The Commission published its Communication on the European Green Deal (please click here). The Communication lists a number of new policy initiatives/legislative proposals and is accompanied by an annex which indicates the timing each initiative/proposal will come out. The Commission will propose…
Port of Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Las Palmas and Tenerife committed to provide electricity at berth that is 100 % renewable
28/11/2019.When ships sail, they burn fossil fuel like heavy fuel oil or natural gas, thus contributing to the emissions of greenhouse gas effect, whereas at berth they can plug-in to the electric grid. Port of Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Las Palmas and Tenerife will be offering electric connections in 2020…
Lack of ships OPS ready identified as main obstacle to develop on-shore power supply in ports
20/11/2019. Managers of Port Authorities confirmed main barrier for supplying on-shore power at berth to be -indeed- lack of ships adapted for being connected to the grid; other two relevant difficulties are, power availability from the distribution grid necessary to satisfy demand from big ships as cruisers, containerships and ferries,…
Germany joints efforts with OPS Master Plan while launching concrete measures to promote shore-generated power in an effort to make EU ports cleaner
21/10/2019. Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy services informed OPS Master Plan leader that on October the 10th in Kiel, various German States Government representatives signed a memorandum intended to realize -in brief- the following measures, limit EEG surcharge supporting renewables to only 20 % for OPS – mid 2020 new possibility…
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