{"id":4737,"date":"2024-10-22T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2024\/10\/22\/smart-pontoons-for-green-port-infrastructure-needs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:12:31","slug":"smart-pontoons-for-green-port-infrastructure-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/products-services-greenport\/smart-pontoons-for-green-port-infrastructure-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart pontoons for green port infrastructure needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ELIRE Infra\u2019s&nbsp;modular, scalable Smart Hubs offer ports and harbours an agile solution to decarbonisation and infrastructure challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a company at the intersection of infrastructure, mobility, and clean energy, we play a key role in the shift towards net zero,\u201d said Luke Jenkinson, Founder &amp; Group CEO of ELIRE Group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Smart Hubs\u2019 versatile design offers endless configurations for clean transport solutions, from windfarms to electric waterborne logistics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco-friendly expansion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Smart Hubs address urgent needs in port infrastructure by offering a sustainable, long-term solution that adapts to future technologies.<\/p>\n<p>They integrate clean energy, alternative fuels and electrification to meet evolving energy demands, helping industries future-proof operations and reduce emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike traditional platforms, which are often discarded after use, these hubs are reusable and designed to support a range of energy projects, including offshore wind and maritime refueling.<\/p>\n<p>As governments push for net-zero emissions by 2050, the demand for renewable energy infrastructure is crucial. But with less than 5% of new transport investments currently going to ports, Smart Hubs offer a vital solution for rapid, eco-friendly expansion.<\/p>\n<p>ELIRE Infra aims to deploy 200 Smart Hubs globally by 2030, ensuring ports worldwide can meet decarbonisation goals while supporting the global renewables and aternative fuels markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An innovator in infrastructure and clean energy is pioneering its Smart Hubs pontoons designed to provide scaleable port infrastructure and support the renewable energy and alternative fuels markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,22],"tags":[40,227,1811,573,1812,539,174,1813],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-products-services-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-clean-energy","tag-elire-infra","tag-marine-civils","tag-pontoons","tag-port-infrastructure","tag-renewables","tag-smart-hubs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4739,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4737\/revisions\/4739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4737"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}