Solar and wind takes off at Tianjin Port

The terminal’s two newly installed wind turbines, together with the terminal’s solar power system which has been in operation since March 2022, supply all the electricity that the terminal needs to operate.

“Vehicle logistics terminals operated by the NYK Group have already begun using renewable energy at the Daikoku C-3 Terminal at the port of Yokohama and the ICO Terminal at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium,” said Yutaka Ikeda, managing executive officer and chief executive of NYK’s Automotive Transportation Headquarters.

“The NYK Group will continue to realise eco-friendly green terminals by horizontally expanding the know-how of use of renewable energy to the finished-vehicle logistics terminals that we operate around the world.”

Carbon neutral

The terminal’s solar power system includes photovoltaic panels that have been installed on top of the terminal’s covered parking lot.

The amount of electricity generated will be approximately 1.75 million kwh per year, which will reduce dioxide (CO2) emissions by about 1,400 tonnes per year.

In terms of wind power generation, the amount of electricity generated from the two wind turbines will be approximately 23 million kwh per per year, which will reduce CO2 emissions by about 23,000 tonnes per year. 

On 17 January 2023, the terminal was presented with a carbon neutrality evaluation certificate from China Classification Society.