The port governance Executive Decree no. 169/2016 requires the Italian Port Authorities to publish an energy and environment management plan. The Port Energy and Environmental Managament Plan, approved by decree no.7 of 09/01/2020, is subject to regular review, and in December 2023 the Ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure Port Environmental and Energy Plan 2023 was officially approved and published.
The Port Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea pursues an Environmental Policy which paves the way and invests in building a Green Port for the Future: a sustainable, resilient and low-emission port, which reconciles growth in traffic volumes with social responsibility and an improved quality of life for the local community. The Port Authority aims to capitalise upon an efficient management and deployment of natural and human resources, whilst simultaneously guaranteeing the provision of port operations in compliance with or exceeding environmental regulations and charting a green course for all port demands and requirements.
The Port Energy and Environmental Management Plan offers a detailed overview of gas emissions and energy consumption in relation to specific port activities, with an outline of how to reduce the environmental impact produced. Across the deployment of the Carbon Footprint, the index that calculates the amount of greenhouse gas emissions associated with port operations, the energy-environmental performance of the Ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure is monitored constantly.
The 2023 edition of the plan recommends a range of key measures to achieve the short-term environmental and energy goals set by the Port Authority:
- The installation of on-shore power supply facilities which equip ships docking at the port with the option of switching off their generators and connecting to the electrical power grid;
- The elaboration of a feasibility study for the provision of a chain supply of alternative fuels;
- Boosting the energy efficiency of buildings, facilities and plants located in the port;
- An increase in the use of renewable energy, specifically solar energy;
- The promotion of electric mobility across the port area;
- The elaboration of a feasibility study for the establishment of a port energy hub;
- The acceleration of the digitisation of port-logistic and administrative processes.
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