EU support for electrification the terminals at Valencia port

The Committee for the Connecting Europe Mechanism or the CEF (Connecting Europe Facility) Committee of the European Commission has approved the granting of aid to two projects in the Port of Valencia that will facilitate and accelerate the possibility of connecting ships to the electricity grid - July 19, 2020 One of the projects is a study (EALING) for the coordination of works of "electrified" European ports and another (EALINGWorks Valenciaport) will allow to co-finance the electrical substation of the Port of Valencia, which recently received the approval of the Generalitat. The CEF (Connecting Europe Facility) Committee of the European Commission has approved the granting of aid to two projects in the Port of Valencia that will facilitate and accelerate the possibility of connecting vessels to the electrical network. One of the projects is a study (EALING) for the coordination of works of "electrified" European ports and another (EALINGWorks Valenciaport) will allow to co-finance the electrical substation of the Port of Valencia, which recently received the approval of the Generalitat. Both projects were studied and drafted by the Valencia Port Authority (APV) and the ValenciaPort Foundation. The first of these, the Global EALING Project (European flagship Action for cold ironing in ports) expresses the need to accelerate efforts to tackle climate change, improve port security and performance, contribute to the transition towards energy cleaner of the maritime transport services provided in the port areas and fulfil the new conditions derived from the technological interruption towards electrification. The project will focus on carrying out the necessary studies to satisfy the need to build new OPS infrastructures (Onshore Power Supply) or to improve existing ones in the participating ports, in accordance with the application of the use of electricity on land in the ports of the central network of the TEN-T and in other ports by the end of 2025, and in the preparation of the final documentation for the tenders, so that the works begin after the completion of the studies necessary for each participating port. The project is thus adapted to Directive 2014/94/EU, which in its paragraph 4 of article 4 includes that the supply of electricity on land will be installed as a priority in the ports of the Central Network of the TEN-T, and in other ports, no later than December 31, 2025, unless there is no demand and costs are disproportionate to benefits, including environmental benefits. The objective of the second of the projects, the EALINGWorks Valenciaport: Preparation of the electrical grid of the Port of Valencia for Onshore Powel Supply, is to prepare the port's electrical network for the supply of OPS to container ships, ferries and cruises in the new terminals from the Port of Valencia, both the new container terminal and the new passenger terminal). Since the berthed ships have a fairly high electricity demand, the installation of OPS in a port requires the improvement of the entire electrical network. Currently, the port of València receives medium voltage electricity (20kV) from three different high and medium voltage electrical substations: ST LA PUNTA, ST GRAO and ST ALAMEDA. The use of 20kV combined with the security of supply requirements in the ports means that the maximum amount of energy to be demanded from the general network for non-instantaneous uses should not exceed 13 MW. The average of the total energy demand in the port falls around 7 MW, with demands around 10 MW being very frequent. Taking into account the current characteristics of the port's electricity grid, it is not realistic to consider PAHO at the docks of the Port of Valencia, A conservative estimate of energy demand for a container ship is approximately 2 MW, 1 MW for a ferry, and more than 10 MW for cruise ships. Thus, the total energy demand of the simultaneous consumers in the port of Valencia would exceed 20 MW very frequently (for example, 4 container ships, 2 ferries and 1 cruise ship), well above the current maximum achievable power. The installation of a new electrical substation will completely change the panorama. In this case, the port will receive electricity at 132 kV, which will allow a greater demand for energy that will be limited by the capacity of the substation, which will initially be 60 MW, expandable to 90 MW. As a result, the works included in the EALINGWorks Valenciaport project will allow the adoption of OPS. Source: Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV - Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia)

EU support for electrification the terminals at Valencia port

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