One Danish port is supporting its green transition by establishing an independent development company.
The Port of Hirtshals in Denmark intends to attract companies and investments with a focus on green transition. Simultaneously, sustainable energy for the port’s existing companies will be optimised.
Steen Harding Hintze has been appointed director of the new company. He said: “We want to make the port area a centre for production and utilisation of green energy by creating a sector coupling between e.g. district heating, green power and liquid biogas (LBG).
“Today, several companies at the port have a large quantity of surplus heat which goes unused. In the future, this could be used in an energy symbiosis by other companies or the by district heating companies.”
Supporting sustainable fuels
The new company, due to be established in the summer, will help enable the Port of Hirtshals to support the development of different means of propulsion, This includes green power, e.g. hydrogen, ammonia and other green fuels. The demand for larger production and utilisation of power at the Port of Hirtshals means that further wind turbines will be erected at the port in addition to the existing wind turbines. Previous experience shows that the turbines can be an economic advantage and contribute to the financing of the new port facilities, said the port.
The new development company is also anticipated to create a knowledge and competency centre for ports located near the North Sea, the Skagerrak and the Baltic Sea. This should be done by gathering the companies, public authorities, knowledge institutions, private investors and the utility sector to develop new green business models and solutions, noted Mr Hintze.
The port is also establishing a new entry and an outer port basin to enable larger vessels to call and further aid sustainable supply chains.
