Port of Pasaia installs shore power system

The Spanish port of Port of Pasaia has completed the installation of an onshore power supply (OPS) system.

IMAGE: Port of Pasaia’s shore power system. Iberdrola España

The system allows ships calling at the port to connect to the land grid during their stay, reducing both air emissions and noise pollution.

Installed at the Kaputxinos dock in the Gipuzkoa basin, the facility will provide power to the hybrid Ro-Ro vessels operated by Norwegian shipping line United European Car Carriers (UECC).

The system was installed by Spanish utility company Iberdrola España.

“The electrification of ports will be key in the energy transition of maritime transport,” said Eduardo Lobato, commercial delegate of Iberdrola España in the Basque Country.

The project received support from Spain’s Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility under the Sustainable and Digital Transport Support Programme, financed through the European Union’s Next Generation fund.

By Tuhin Roy

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