DFDS has today commissioned the shore power installation for the vessels mooring at the berth of the JinLing roll-on-roll-off vessels for the scheduled service to and from Immingham. From now on, suitable, moored ships will switch off their diesel-powered generators and use green shore power. DFDS intends to supply the terminal’s other two berths with shore-based power in the future.
The shore-based power plant has a capacity of 1.8 MW (the energy equivalent of almost 1,500 households) and is expected to supply 3.5 GWh of electricity per year. The estimated CO2 reduction is approximately 2,100 to 2,300 tonnes on an annual basis. In addition, shore-based power contributes to local air quality by reducing particulate matter and nitrogen emissions and benefits the living environment because less noise is made.
DFDS purchases the green shore power from Rotterdam Shore Power (a joint venture of the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Eneco), which also owns the shore power installation. The green electricity supplied by Eneco comes from Eneco Hollandse Wind & Zon sources. The construction of the shore power installation is provided by Actemium and has been made financially possible by subsidies from the national government and the province of South Holland.
Shore-based power is a crucial pillar of the sustainability strategy for the Rotterdam port cluster. At least 90 percent of the offshore, ferries, cruise and roll-on-roll-off ships and container ships in Rotterdam must use shore power by 2030. This saves the emission of about 200,000 tons of CO2 and 2,500 tons of nitrogen. This means a major step towards an increasingly cleaner and future-proof port.
