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There are many, different ways ports are working to decarbonize their operations and support environmentally sustainable businesses. One of those options is electrification.
That’s not just using electric-powered port vehicles. It’s also completing difficult and costly upgrades to offer ships the ability to plug in while dockside, rather than burn fossil fuels to keep their onboard systems running. In addition, there’s a forecasted need for ports capable of servicing hybrid and electric-powered vessels.
In a world with increasing attention on alternative fuels and, for ports, the infrastructure requirements to serve ships both using and moving different fuels (such as biofuels or hydrogen and ammonia, as proposed to date in Atlantic Canada), the idea of “shore power” can be described as less of a consideration, or less top of mind.
“I’m tempted to say yes, it is a smaller piece (in decarbonization). It is an important one though,” president and CEO of Green Marine International, David Bolduc, told Atlantic Business Magazine.
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