Most South European ports are already late with the Onshore Power Supply via the EALING project

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 20, 2020 - Over 20 European ports are participating in the Global EALING project (European flagship Action for cold ironing in ports), co-financed by the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), and coordinated by Fundación ValenciaPort, running from June 2020 to December 2022, with a budget of €6.96 million ($8.44 million). Ships will be supplied with electricity from the shore while docked in ports and will not consume fuel for its production, reducing considerable amount of emissions into the atmosphere. As the demand for electricity from ships at berth is quite high, the installation of OPS (Onshore Power Supply) in a port requires the improvement of the entire electricity network. The EALING project aims to meet in particular the requirements set out in the European Green Deal, as well as in other EU Directives on the creation of and the use of alternative fuel infrastructure, as well as the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment in this area. But only a handful of ports are moving forward with the preparations and organisation needed for the implementation of EALING project. The project will focus on conducting the necessary studies to meet the need to build new OPS infrastructure or upgrade existing infrastructure in participating ports. This has to be done in line with the implementation of land-based electricity use in TEN-T core network ports and other ports by the end of 2025. Part of the funding will be used for the preparation of the final documentation for the tenders, so that work can start after the completion of the necessary studies for each participating port. In Valencia, the project is called EALING Works Valenciaport: Preparation of the electrical grid of the Port of Valencia for Onshore Powel Supply, is to prepare the port’s electrical grid for the supply of OPS to container ships, ferries and cruise ships in the new terminals of the Port of Valencia, the new container terminal and the new passenger terminal. Currently, the Port of Valencia 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 use must not exceed 13 MW. Taking everything into consideration, ValenciaPort said implementing an OPS at the Port of Valencia is “not realistic” until the power grid has been improved. In Romania's Constanta Port, the National Company Administration of Maritime Ports SA Constanța (CN APM SA) is the partner in the EALING project. The project period is June 2020 – June 2023. The budget of CN APM SA is €101,194 of which CEF financing of €50,597 and the same amount from own sources. In the frame of EALING, Greece’s Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) will implement all studies to prepare and accelerate the effective launch of cold ironing and electric bunkering equipment within port area. Additionally, PPA, as a core port of Europe, will contribute into the development of a common EU harmonised and interoperable framework for deployment of OPS infrastructure and equipment in the ports with close cooperation between all the stakeholders of the maritime sector. Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP - Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority), based in Trieste, is one of 22 beneficiaries of the EALING project. EU maritime ports involved in the consortium in different sea basins that decided to adapt to the new regime of alternative fuels utilization in the maritime sector are: Mediterranean Sea (Valencia, Barcelona, Ancona, Trieste, Monfalcone, Venice, Piraeus, Rafina and Koper), Black Sea (Constanta, Varna and Burgas), Atlantic Sea (Gijon, Huelva, Leixoes and Azores) and North Sea (North Sea Irish ports via the Irish Maritime Development office). The project has the following specific objectives: defining a common harmonised and interoperable Legal and Regulatory framework in order to facilitate the implementation phase of OPS infrastructure in the ports of the consortiumensuring the port to vessel compatibility in the TEN-T Maritime Network, for vessels calling at the ports of the consortiumleading all the necessary technical, financial, legal and environmental studies to prepare and accelerate the effective launch of cold ironing and electric bunkering equipment in the ports A cost-benefit analysis (CBA) will be carried out for each Onshore Power Supply project of the ports involved in the EALING consortium in order to assess the benefits and competitiveness of the electrification solution as alternative source of energy, and to enable decision on implementation of OPS equipment and infrastructure. In the context of the new European Green Deal, aiming to prepare the transition to zero greenhouse gas emissions as transport represents 25% of the emission in the EU, the electrification of the maritime transport is a key challenge to move towards a more competitive and sustainable TEN-T Maritime Network in the future. EALING project participants: ValenciaPort (Spain)Autoridad Portuaria De Valencia (Spain)Autoridad Portuaria De Barcelona (Spain)Autoridad Portuaria De Huelva (Spain)Autoridad Portuaria De Gijon (Spain) North Adriatic Sea port Authority (It)Fincantieri SI S.p.A. (It)Circle S.p.A. (It) Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (It)Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (Gr)Hydrus Engineering Ltd. (Gr)Organismos Limenos Rafinas AE (Gr)Ocean Finance LTD (Gr)Protasis S.A. (Gr)Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (Bg)National Company Maritime Ports Administration SA Constanta (Ro)Luka Koper (Slovenia)Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo, S.A. (Port)Portos Dos Açores, S.A. (Port) Marine Institute (Ireland)Symbios Funding & Consulting GmbH (Germany) Copyright (C) PortSEurope. All Rights Reserved. 2021.

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