Ports of Stockholm has been awarded funding from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the EU for investing in onshore power supply.
This environmental initiative aims to significantly reduce carbon dioxide and air pollutant emissions from cruise ships in Stockholm and throughout the Baltic Sea.
Ports of Stockholm, together with the Baltic Sea ports of Copenhagen/Malmö, Aarhus and Helsinki, will invest in providing onshore power to cruise ships. This is a joint initiative to reduce emissions of shipping air pollutants within port areas.
The environmental investment in providing onshore power according to a common international standard at these ports will also allow cruise ships and shipping companies to invest in and connect to onshore power according to the same standard.
Onshore power connection at the central Stockholm quays is part of an important joint environmental initiative with other Baltic Sea ports. Following in the wake of this tough pandemic year, this is really something to celebrate
highlighted Mayor of Stockholm Anna König Jerlmyr.
For Ports of Stockholm the investment means equipping two central quays in Stockholm with high voltage onshore power connections that will significantly reduce the environmental impact of cruise ships, as these can shut down their engines and instead use power supplied from the local electricity grid.
The project will begin in December 2020 and is funded partly by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency local investments Climate Leap Program and also by EU grant funding.
The work to equip the two central quays with onshore power connections will be completed, respectively, in 2023 and 2024.
