A new collaborative research project has been launched this month
A new collaborative research project called Green EFFORTS has been launched this month tasked with the mission of improving strategic energy management in ports.
Green EFFORTs – orGreen andEffectiveOperations at Terminals and in Ports, is co-funded by the European Commission and has been furnished with a total budget of 2m.
The project aims to raise awareness of energy consumption and its environmental and economic effects on ports – as well as present the importance and possibilities to save, reduce and manage energy consumption and minimise CO2 emissions.
Therefore, it will not focus on energy saving measures alone – but also on how to implement external supplies of regenerative energy production on site, exploitation of liquefied natural gas (LNG), or other gases, and shore-based power.
Professor Jens Froese, project coordinator, said toPort Strategy: “The main goals of the Green EFFORTS project must be based on detailed knowledge of terminal and port processes. Therefore, our first step is to identify relevant port and terminal domains and processes, by developing a process map to capture and control the energy consumption and carbon footprint in port and terminal, known as Port and Terminal Knowledge Landscape (PTKL).”
He pointed out that the involvement of port and terminal staff will play an important role in the project’s objectives.
Eight partners are involved collaboratively in the project – PSA Sines (Container Terminal), Port of Trelleborg (RoRo Terminal), Sächsische Binnenhafen Oberelbe (Inland Waterway Terminal), Siemens, IHS Global Insight, Hamburg Port Training Institute, Fraunhofer Centre for Maritime Logistics and Services and Jacobs University Bremen.
The project is due to run until June 2014.
Source: Port Strategy
