Port of Rotterdam recently informed that its industrial sector managed to drop emissions for the third year in a row. Specifically, Rotterdam’s industry cut the carbon emissions by 3.8% during 2019.
In fact, during 2019 the region’s industrial sector reduced the carbon emissions mainly due to the shift from coal-fired to gas-fired plants in electric power production. The refineries sector marked an increase as well.
This due to two factors. On the one hand, in the preceding years, several refineries had powered down a share of their capacity for maintenance. On the other hand, there was an increase in the production of cleaner fuels. While cleaner fuels ultimately lead to better air quality, their production actually requires more power than conventional fuels.
….Port of Rotterdam informed.
For the records, Rotterdam’s peak year concerning carbon emissions was back in 2016, reaching 17.3% reduction. Namely, number of new coal-fired plants were taken into use, while existing examples remained operational.
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is working step by step towards a carbon-neutral port and industrial sector by 2050. To this end, it has joined strengths with the private sector and government in a series of projects. Examples include the utilisation of residual heat for homes and greenhouses, CCUS (the capture, transport and storage of carbon in the seabed of the North Sea – known as the Porthos project), the generation of green electricity, the production of blue and green hydrogen and circular production processes like chemical recycling (waste-to-chemicals, pyrolysis).
….Rotterdam concluded.
