{"id":933,"date":"2023-05-26T10:58:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T02:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/the-netherlands-invests-150-million-for-shore-power-plants\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T10:58:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T02:58:10","slug":"the-netherlands-invests-150-million-for-shore-power-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/the-netherlands-invests-150-million-for-shore-power-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"The Netherlands invests $150 million for shore power plants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ministry of Infrastructure in the Netherlands has announced it <\/p>\n

will allocate \u20ac140 million ($150 million) over the next few years to help <\/p>\n

realise shore power plants in seaports.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

A further \u20ac40 million ($43 million) will be added from the climate <\/p>\n

fund.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands, <\/p>\n

Mark Harbers, signed a letter of intent with the Branch Organisation for <\/p>\n

Seaports (BOZ) on 22 May, setting out public-private agreements on the roll-out <\/p>\n

of shore-based power.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

With the forthcoming Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), <\/p>\n

European ports will be required to supply so-called AFIR vessels with shore <\/p>\n

power from 2030.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

These include container ships, cruise ships, passenger ships, and combined <\/p>\n

passenger and cargo ships from 5,000 gross tonnage.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The funds for shore power are mainly intended for terminals where AFIR <\/p>\n

vessels moor, but other shore power projects for maritime shipping will also <\/p>\n

become eligible for subsidies.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

BOZ previously calculated that some 270 megawatts of shore power capacity <\/p>\n

will need to be installed in ports for AFIR vessels in the coming years to meet <\/p>\n

the upcoming obligation, requiring an investment of more than <\/p>\n

\u20ac<\/strong>300 million ($322 million).<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The sector organisation assumes this will lead to an annual reduction of <\/p>\n

over 220 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2<\/sub>), and a reduction of 2.5 kilotonnes <\/p>\n

of nitrogen oxides (NOX).<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

According to the Port of Rotterdam, realising shore power facilities will <\/p>\n

not only bring environmental benefits and reduce noise pollution, but it may <\/p>\n

also create nitrogen space for climate projects in the port.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The five major seaports of national importance are working with the <\/p>\n

Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and the terminals on the shore <\/p>\n

power task in the respective ports.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

These are the Ports of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Groningen, Moerdijk and North <\/p>\n

Sea Port (Vlissingen, Terneuzen and Ghent).<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cTo meet the climate targets, it is essential that all sectors do their <\/p>\n

part, including the maritime sector,\u201d Minister Harbers said.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cI am glad that with this subsidy scheme, we can lend a helping hand to the <\/p>\n

sector and will further encourage the installation of shore power.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will not only result in environmental gains, but also to fewer noisy <\/p>\n

generators on vessels moored at the quay. It will hopefully also free up space <\/p>\n

for development in the ports as well as new climate projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Earlier in the year, the Swedish government approved Ports of Stockholm\u2019s <\/p>\n

request to submit a joint application for a grant from the EU\u2019s Connecting <\/p>\n

Europe Facility (CEF).<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

More recently, the shore power infrastructure at Terminal 5 of the <\/p>\n

Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) welcomed the first ship to plug into the <\/p>\n

infrastructure while at berth.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Infrastructure in the Netherlands has announced it will allocate \u20ac140 million ($150 million) over the next few years to help realise shore power plants in seaports.A further \u20ac40 million ($43 million) will be added from the climate fund.The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Ma…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hj_lang":[3],"class_list":["post-933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933"},{"taxonomy":"hj_lang","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hj_lang?post=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}