Shore power leads to a significant reduction in ship emissions while they are in port. As soon as the ships are connected to the shore power system, they can cover their high electricity requirements entirely with green energy from the public grid. They can therefore switch off their diesel generators, which cause high levels of air pollution and noise emissions.
This technology is currently regarded as the optimal solution for emission-free laytime. It avoids the emission of environmentally harmful pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and particulates as well as greenhouse gases. Hamburg is a pioneer for shore power applications. Hamburg's first shore power system for seagoing vessels has been supplying the shore power-capable cruise ships at the Altona cruise terminal for five years and has proven itself in practice. At the time, the system was one of the first of its kind in Europe. More and more ports around the world are now offering shore power connections for cruise ships and other vessels.
The Port of Hamburg's broader range of shore-side electricity is primarily intended to ensure a sustainably better quality of life in our city and is geared towards the emission reduction targets in the Clean Air Plan and the port's goal of climate neutrality by 2040. For this reason, the city, supported by federal funds, is pushing ahead with the further expansion of the shore-side electricity infrastructure for both large seagoing vessels and inland waterway vessels. The project is being funded via the administrative agreement on the construction of shore-side power facilities that came into force in November 2020, under which the federal government will provide the federal states with financial aid for the construction of shore-side power facilities in sea and inland ports until 2023.
In the current phase, the HPA is equipping the large container terminals (Burchardkai, Eurogate, Tollerort) and two other cruise terminals (Steinwerder, HafenCity) with innovative and powerful shore power systems on behalf of the FHH. A shore power system is also to be installed at the state-of-the-art Altenwerder container terminal. The preparatory work is already entering the next planning phase.
The future vision of shore-side power for the Port of Hamburg envisages equipping all major berths with a demand-oriented infrastructure by 2030.
Contact information:
shorepower@hpa.hamburg.de
Project Video:
The future of shore power in the port of Hamburg
Press release:
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