Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as solar, wind, hydro and geothermal. For ports, this includes the installation of solar and wind on- and offshore) projects to produce their own energy. This will help meets the European Union’s targets in its Renewable Energy Directive. Solar energy plays a key role in the clean energy transition. It will contribute to reaching the objectives of the REPowerEU plan and reduce the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels.
Nuclear power in Porto Marghera?
Porto Marghera, (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Last month, the Italian government indicated an intention to explore becoming a nuclear power....
Italy and Norway sign wind industry agreements
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Italy and Norway have signed two agreements to develop cooperation in the field of sustainable...
Balearic Islands Port Authority installs hydrogen fuel cell in Palma
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – The Balearic Islands Port Authority (APB) has begun work on the installation of a green hydrogen...
Port of Aveiro increases traffic in wind energy parts
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 23, 2024 – The Port of Aveiro has increased its traffic in wind energy components in Q3 2024. In...
Port of Palermo to hold wind industry promotion event
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) October 23, 2024 – The Western Sicilian Sea Port System Authority (AdSP) will promote the first edition of the...
Griñó Ecològic applies to Tarragona port concession for waste
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Griñó Ecològic has applied for a 2,500-m2 concession in the Cantabria dock, inside the port of...
Euroports promotes offshore wind energy support
Port-la-Nouvelle, France (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Euroports has hosted a meeting of industry professionals to present its Aude wind terminal...
Port of Alicante installs the first G-One megabattery
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – The president of the Port Authority of Alicante, Luis Rodríguez, has inaugurated its first G-One, a...
HAROPA provides quay to Siemens Gamesa
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – HAROPA’s Bougainville quay in Le Havre will be used to handle wind turbine blades for Siemens...
Rijeka Gateway focusses on renewable energy
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 10, 2024 – The new Rijeka Gateway will use electricity from renewable sources to power the facility. In November...
Carnival to solar panels on cruise terminals in Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – Carnival Corporation will install solar panels on the two cruise terminals it manages at the Port of...
Marseille port’s DEOS project open for public consultation
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – From October 14 to December 23, the public is invited to discuss the opportunity, characteristics and...
RWE talks offshore wind with Port Authority of Setúbal
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – RWE is working with the Port Authority of Setúbal to develop its port infrastructure to support the...
Ports to play key role in Romania’s Black Sea wind roadmap
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – Last May, Romania adopted a new offshore wind industry plan. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has...
Éole, the Assembly Platform for Tomorrow’s WindTurbines: Launch of the Consultation Process
News Release – Nantes-Saint Nazaire port – September 23, 2024 Making plans for the provision by 2030 of new infrastructures tailored to the...
Eight companies interested in Coruna wind structure business
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – Eight business projects have requested space in the outer port of A Coruña for the manufacture and...
Russia’s Kandalaksha as an ammonia export port?
Kandalaksha, Russia (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – In a desperate move, Russia’s Arctic White Sea port of Kandalaksha, Murmansk region, was added to...
New solar facilities at Valencia ports reduce CO2 emissions
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2024 – Valenciaport currently has two photovoltaic plants at full capacity (one in the port of Valencia and...
Vestas Blades Italia awarded concession in Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2024 – Vestas Blades Italia has been awarded a 9-year concession in the Taranto logistics platform (Piastra...
Cepsa starts direct supply of biofuels at Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – Cepsa, a leading supplier of energy for maritime transport in Spain, has undertaken its first direct...