EMEA News
Port of Barcelona Awards EUR 5 Million Shore Power Contract
Monday October 17, 2022
The Port of Barcelona has launched a pilot project seeking to set up a shore power connection.
The port authority has awarded an EUR 5 million contract to Denmark's PowerCon to set up a pilot shore power connection at the BEST terminal, it said in a statement on its website last week.
The company plans to start construction within the next six months.
Earlier this year the port authority set up a working group looking into how to develop its shore power facilities.
Shore power connections allow vessels to run emissions-free while at berth, if renewable power is available locally, and allows those with battery systems to recharge them.
