Port of Amsterdam, AEB create ship-to-shore power project

Port of Amsterdam announced that in cooperation with AEB Amsterdam, Senfal and Energy eXchange Enablers, they will supply ship-to-shore power to river cruise and inland navigation vessels.

This project’s aim is to promote the use of sustainable, locally generated power in the Port of Amsterdam and to reduce costs.

Shore power stations will give the possibility to river cruise and inland navigation vessels to switch off their diesel generators at the quay.

Using the sustainable power grid, no emissions will be released, the Port of Amsterdam said.

    AEB Amsterdam is the largest supplier of sustainable energy in the Amsterdam region. “We are able to optimise supply because we produce both electricity and heat. Whenever there is a peak in demand for sustainable electricity, we can increase production slightly by temporarily supplying less heat to our buffer, and vice versa. This cushion makes better matching of supply and demand possible and offers scope for supplying more solar or wind energy to the port, for instance,” said the strategic adviser Peter Simoës.

Port of Amsterdam’s ambition for this project is the production of locally generated energy without the interposition of a traditional electricity supplier, as it announced.

Furthermore, the Port of Amsterdam wants to link a wind farm and solar panels directly to users as well in the near future.

Energy eXchange Enablers’ trading platform also offers small producers an opportunity to enter the market and optimise trading between them.

Lastly, the software from Senfal will match electricity supply and demand, creating a single system.

This project comes in a time where the Port of Amsterdam tries to reduce shipping emissions and minimise environmental impact. In its Clean Shipping Vision for 2030, the Port intends to achieve its sustainability objectives through concrete actions, such as reducing emissions of docked sea cruise ships by 50%.