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Europe will invest in Valencia Port electricity substation

By August 18, 2020 No Comments
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The European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Committee has approved aid for two projects in the Port of Valencia that will facilitate and accelerate the possibility of connecting ships to the electricity grid.

According to a statement from ValenciaPort, the approved projects will allow a study into coordinating the operations of electrified European ports and the co-financing of an electricity substation at the Port of Valencia.

Both projects were studied and drafted by the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) and the ValenciaPort Foundation.

The study, the European Action for Cold Ironing in Ports (EALING) will look to improve the security and environmental performance of ports and contribute to the transition to cleaner energy for maritime transport services through electrification.

The project will focus on what is needed to build an onshore power supply (OPS) infrastructure and examine ways to upgrade existing infrastructure in participating ports.

Read more at porttechnology.org

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