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Cold ironing comes to Genoa and is fast spreading throughout Europe
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COLD ironing, as American call supplying shore power to ships at berth, is coming to Europe at the ports of Antwerp and Genoa.
Antwerp recently signed a letter of intent to get started on the project while in Genoa's the Nidec Group, has signed a EUR8 million (US$9.8 million) contract with the Port System Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea to build a shore system.
As in the United States, shore power removes the need for ships at berth to generate power using polluting shipboard auxiliary engines.
The contract complies with European Union directives to adopt shore power at berth. By 2025 the directive will become binding on all European ports.
With the Nidec system, emissions of SOx, NOx, CO2 and PM, significant sources of pollution are much reduced, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
"For us, this is a major milestone in the reduction of the environmental impact of port activities in a country like Italy, which has 7,500 kilometres of coastland and 42 large ports," said Nidec spokeswoman Kaila Haines.
"The transformation of these ports with a view to achieving greater safety and savings on energy may also contribute to attracting more cruise vessels, and this would have a positive impact on trade and tourism," said Ms Haines.
"We are proud to work in partnership with the Port of Genoa and to bring state-of-the art technology, together with our capacity to satisfy specific requirements through customised solutions and our proven experience," she said.
The company has already completed a shore power project for Livorno, which together with Los Angeles, San Francisco, Juneau, Gothenburg and Lubeck have adopted shore power for ships at berth.
To supply shore power at Livorno, in 2013 Nidec supplied a variable frequency drive unit for the creation of a system that reduces ship emissions and pollution, while supplying electricity to cruise ships at berth.
For Genoa, Nidec will supply two 6 MVA static frequency converters which can reach up to 12 MVA, as well as switchboards and LV/MV transformers, connecting cables for the various devices and any accessory components.
Nidec will also supervise the civil engineering works, assembling, commissioning and any technical support required for the project, for the next 10 years.
Antwerp recently signed a letter of intent to get started on the project while in Genoa's the Nidec Group, has signed a EUR8 million (US$9.8 million) contract with the Port System Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea to build a shore system.
As in the United States, shore power removes the need for ships at berth to generate power using polluting shipboard auxiliary engines.
The contract complies with European Union directives to adopt shore power at berth. By 2025 the directive will become binding on all European ports.
With the Nidec system, emissions of SOx, NOx, CO2 and PM, significant sources of pollution are much reduced, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
"For us, this is a major milestone in the reduction of the environmental impact of port activities in a country like Italy, which has 7,500 kilometres of coastland and 42 large ports," said Nidec spokeswoman Kaila Haines.
"The transformation of these ports with a view to achieving greater safety and savings on energy may also contribute to attracting more cruise vessels, and this would have a positive impact on trade and tourism," said Ms Haines.
"We are proud to work in partnership with the Port of Genoa and to bring state-of-the art technology, together with our capacity to satisfy specific requirements through customised solutions and our proven experience," she said.
The company has already completed a shore power project for Livorno, which together with Los Angeles, San Francisco, Juneau, Gothenburg and Lubeck have adopted shore power for ships at berth.
To supply shore power at Livorno, in 2013 Nidec supplied a variable frequency drive unit for the creation of a system that reduces ship emissions and pollution, while supplying electricity to cruise ships at berth.
For Genoa, Nidec will supply two 6 MVA static frequency converters which can reach up to 12 MVA, as well as switchboards and LV/MV transformers, connecting cables for the various devices and any accessory components.
Nidec will also supervise the civil engineering works, assembling, commissioning and any technical support required for the project, for the next 10 years.