Battery-Electric Sailing in Sea Ports
Pays Dutch shipowners to fit seagoing ships with a battery pack and shore charging.
Ranking uses three weighted criteria rather than one: the average nitrogen-emission reduction from the AERIUS calculation counts for 70% of the score, and the quality of the emission-reduction case and the quality of the execution plan and budget each count for 15%. A project that scores below 8 out of 15 on either of those two smaller criteria is rejected as qualitatively insufficient regardless …
This is for shipowners registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce who own (or, for a newbuild, have commissioned) a transport or service vessel linked to a Dutch port. It funds buying and installing a battery pack that lets a ship cut engines while entering or leaving port, plus the shore charging infrastructure that goes with it.
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