The overall objective of the project is to deploy the necessary Onshore Power Supply (OPS) infrastructure in the Port of Valencia to meet the 2030 net zero emissions target set by the Port Authority of Valencia and the Valenciaport cluster.
The ultimate goal of the OPS VALENCIAPORT project is to reduce CO2 emissions and air pollution in the Port of Valencia by reinforcing its electricity grid and deploying the necessary infrastructure to supply shore-side electricity to ferries, cruise ships and container ships in three terminals of the Port of Valencia, ensuring that the production mix of the electricity supplied is greener thanks to the integration of renewable generation distributed in different locations within the port precinct.
The specific objectives of this project include the deployment of a new primary electrical substation; the electrical interconnection between this new substation and the existing one; the study of the necessary components to provide OPS to all passenger and container terminals of the port, including an intelligent energy management system and the evaluation of different OPS demand scenarios and renewable generation; the installation of OPS infrastructure at the APMTV container terminal and the CSPV container terminal, as well as the installation of OPS infrastructure at the Trasmed ferry and cruise terminal; and the installation of photovoltaic production plants at different points of the electricity grid within the port.
During the period 2028-2051, 32,993 container ship calls, 14,323 ferry calls and 2,152 cruise ship calls are expected to be connected to the OPS, creating an aggregate demand of 1,331,238 MWh, reducing environmental externalities in the Port of Valencia by 643,689 tonnes of CO2e, 248 tonnes of SOx and 317 tonnes of PM and generating an economic net present value of more than 350 million euros.
The Port Authority of Valencia ( PAV) has developed its own Clean Energy Supply Plan and Zero Net Emissions Plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, analysing the carbon footprint by port economic sector and defining strategies together with the Valenciaport cluster, as well as actions in the short and medium term. The OPS constitutes the set of projects that will contribute most to achieving the Port of Valencia’s carbon neutrality objective, as it will reduce its carbon footprint by approximately 40%, making it an absolute priority for the Port Authority of Valencia. In addition, the deployment of the OPS infrastructure is necessary to meet the requirements of the Fit for 55 Package, i.e. 90% coverage of the calls of passenger and container ships with a Gross Tonnage of over 5,000. In the case of the Port of Valencia, this means providing an OPS connection to all container and passenger terminals in the port.
OPS VALENCIAPORT is part of the global project EALING – European flagship Action for coLd ironING in ports, covering the period 2020-2030, which aims to accelerate the deployment of OPS facilities in EU seaports.
