The initiative marks a major step forward in electrification for the port, allowing ships to switch off fossil-fuel engines while at berth and connect to low-carbon power from the national grid.<\/p>\n
\u201cPort of Aberdeen\u2019s net zero journey has taken a significant step forward,\u201d said Bob Sanguinetti, CEO of Port of Aberdeen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be a game-changer for Port of Aberdeen and our valued customers, who will benefit from an 80% reduction in their carbon emissions while at berth. \u201d<\/p>\n
Port electrification<\/strong><\/p>\n Installed by PowerCon, a leader in shore power technology, the system could cut up to 60,000 tonnes of CO\u2082 equivalent over 20 years, equivalent to removing 2,140 cars from the road annually.<\/p>\n The first vessel to use the new vessel charging system was NS Iona, one of five retrofitted as part of the wider electrification project.<\/p>\n Backed by GB\u00a34 million in public-private funding through the UK Government\u2019s Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) programme and Innovate UK, the project demonstrates real-world applications of clean maritime technology.<\/p>\n In addition to North Harbour, shore power infrastructure has been installed at Regent Quay for Bibby Marine\u2019s electric Service Operation Vessel (SOV).<\/p>\n Additionally, work is almost complete to install shore power infrastructure for Serco NorthLink\u2019s passenger ferries, funded by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited.<\/p>\n This adds to the port\u2019s existing shore power facilities which supports operational activities for its renewable energy customers and towage providers.<\/p>\n Port of Aberdeen plans to expand vessel charging capabilities across more of its 7,600m quayside going forward, moving the port closer to its ambition to become the UK\u2019s first net zero port by 2040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scotland\u2019s largest maritime decarbonisation project is now operational at Port of Aberdeen, delivering green shore power to eight berths in the North Harbour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,8],"tags":[496,657,539,667,1384,1823,48],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-ops","tag-port-construction","tag-port-infrastructure","tag-port-of-aberdeen","tag-powercon","tag-shorepower","tag-shorepower-electrification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5407","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=5407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5409,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5407\/revisions\/5409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5407"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}