SHORT DESCRIPTION

Reducing greenhouse emissions of ports not only address global warming climate but also to promote innovation, implement energy efficiency and improving the quality of life in their surrounding areas. CLIMEPORT proposes the assessment of different methodologies in order to combat the global climate change. The project takes place in several countries of the Mediterranean area involving a group of the largest ports committed to tackling climate change. Thus, the cooperation among Mediterranean ports becomes a vital key of the logistic chain which is essential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The project aims to develop and implement solutions in order to improve the general climate conditions by means of actions in maritime and inland transport, energy saving and efficiency, implementing the world port climate declarations, designing an environmental indicators system as footprint according to CO2 levels, ...,etc. For these reasons, CLIMEPORT set several actions and initiatives to develop a diagnosis of the port influence in the climate change and the actions plans for reducing the port activities' impact in the environment.

LENGTH OF PROJECT

Starting date:-01-05-2009

End date: 30-04-2012

Ports & Climate Change

• Ports have become important industrial and logistic clusters attending to the increasing demand of global markets.
• The great growth of ports points Port Authorities towards the sustainable development of their activities and their integration along the whole logistic chain. Climate change is one of the most important environmental challenges and should be considered in the sustainability agenda of ports.
• Ports, with the collaboration of all parties in the logistic chain, must reduce greenhouse gas emissions, focusing on: reducing vessel emissions, reducing emissions from terminal operations, innovative transport, energy efficiency and air quality

Need for action

• Ports should work together to combat climate change and to develop  solutions in order to improve the general climate conditions by means of actions in maritime and inland transport, energy saving and efficiency, implementing the world port climate declarations, designing an environmental indicators system as footprint according to CO2 levels, ...,etc.
• With this aim, CLIMEPORT set several actions and initiatives to develop a diagnosis of the port influence in the climate change and the actions plans for reducing the port activities' impact in the environment.

Main Objective

• To evaluate the contribution of the Mediterranean ports to the different environmental aspects which are involved in climate change and thus develop tools and best practices that can be widely used to mitigate the contribution of Mediterranean ports to climate change, including environmental risks.

Specific Objectives

• Evaluate the contribution of Mediterranean ports to climate change.
• Define the possibilities of alignment of European and National policies and measures concerning with port strategies to combat climate change.
• Design action plans focused on the critic activities which affect environment and society.
• Assess the costs and benefits arisen from the action plans adopted.
• Study of the state-of-the-art technologies and developing pilot initiatives based on efficient energy systems.

Expected results

• Port Environmental Impacts on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reports
• Methodology for Climate Change Assessment in Ports Handbook.
• CO2 Footprint & GHG Emissions in Ports Evaluation Report
• GHG Emission in Ports Monitoring Tool
• Benchmarking and Best Practices definition.
• Action Plans to mitigate Port Contribution to Climate Change
• Climate Change Mitigation (CCM) Actions. Pilot Projects.
• Dissemination of results within the Mediterranean, European & International Port Industry: Conferences, Website, Brochures and Newsletters

Tecnical Task Plan

• Current Situation of Ports According to Greenhouse Emissions

– 1.- Methodology and Detailed Assessment of port activities contribution to Climate Change

– 2.- Harmonization of CO2 Footprint Evaluation. Development of a  GHG Emissions Monitoring Tool.

– 3.- Benchmarking and Best Practices Identification. Database & Technical Assessment of solutions.

• Action Plans

– 1.- Best Practices Transfer and Implementation Barriers Analysis

– 2.- New Actions Identification and Common Implementation Plan

– 3.- Port Specific Action Plans to mitigate Climate Change.

• Pilot Projects for Climate Change Mitigation

– 1.- Pilot Project Design and Implementation

– 2.- Technical Validation and Transferability of results

1       Working Plan

1.1 Component 1: Management

1.1.1      Administrative Management

Duration: 4/5/2009 – 30/4/2012

Description: The current phase concerns the production of project documentation starting with the Management Handbook. It also comprises the elaboration of administrative and financial reports as well as audits. Coordination among partners and management of the events involved in the project (workshops, conferences, etc.) along the different geographical locations will be considered. All of this will ensure the achievement of all planned project objectives complying with the deadlines, the available resources and the partner’s activities.

Finally, this task also includes the establishment of deadlines for the different deliverables and milestones concerning the activities of the project as well as the communication with the Interreg Office.

Leader: Port Authority of Valencia.

Partners Involved: Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Luka Koper - Port of Koper, Piraeus Port Authority, ITE (Electrical Technology Institute), AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy), and GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency), Livorno Port Authority.

Deliverables: Intermediate Management Report, Final Management Report and Management Handbook.

1.1.2      Technical Coordination

Duration: 4/5/2009 – 30/4/2012

Description: Technical coordination includes several tasks related to the development of the project. This phase will consider the quality control of all the technical works carried out during the life of the project, including the defined deliverables and other technical reports as well as the activities involved within CLIMEPORT. This phase will also control that all the works are developed on time according with the working plan and will coordinate the partners in order to obtain the maximum benefit in terms of knowledge, information, results obtained and quality of the work developed. In order to avoid any project item deviation, the technical coordination will develop and keep duly updated specific contingency plans.

Leader: Port Authority of Valencia.

Partners Involved: Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Luka Koper - Port of Koper, Piraeus Port Authority, ITE (Electrical Technology Institute), AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy), and GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency), Livorno Port Authority.

Deliverables: Intermediate Technical Management Report and Final Technical Management Report.

1.2 Component 2: Communication

1.2.1      Communication among Partners

Duration: 4/5/2009 – 30/4/2012

Description: The communication among the partners involved in the project will be coordinated by means of an intranet created for that purpose. This tool will allow partners to upload documentation and update every change which may take place during the development of the project. One option considered for the intranet is the use of open and internet tools which offers a private space for sharing information, planning activities and meetings and collaborating with the rest of the partners. This service is free, safe and easy. Additionally, an email contact list will be created. The purpose of these actions is to make communication among partners useful, easy, fast and productive and to keep informed all the participants about the project advances.

Leader: Port Authority of Valencia.

Partners Involved: Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Luka Koper - Port of Koper, Piraeus Port Authority, ITE (Electrical Technology Institute), AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy), GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency) and Livorno Port Authority.

Deliverables: Intranet.

1.2.2      Public Communication Tools

Duration: 4/5/2009 – 30/4/2012

Description: This phase comprises the elaboration and application of the communication plan and the project image definition, which includes the design of the logo of CLIMEPORT and the templates for the official reports and deliverables. It also considers the elaboration of the different meetings minutes and presentations carried out in the workshops and conferences programmed. Another task considered is the design of the project's public website and the dissemination material like brochures, rollers, newsletters and emails. The website will offer general information of the project. All these materials will be used in order to give the maximum diffusion of the CLIMEPORT and its results in the port sector, collectives and groups of interest.

Leader: Port Authority of Valencia.

Partners Involved: Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Luka Koper - Port of Koper, Piraeus Port Authority, ITE (Electrical Technology Institute), AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy), GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency) and Livorno Port Authority.

Deliverables: Website, 2 Brochures and 6 Newsletters.

1.2.3      Events and Seminars

Duration: 4/5/2009 – 30/4/2012

Description: This phase defines the different events which will take place during the life of the project. Events of CLIMEPORT are classified into Workshops and Public Conferences. Workshops will be internal and will be hold in every of the six ports participants. The different topics will be:

1. CO2 footprint evaluation.

2. Renewable energy sources in ports.

3. Energy efficiency in port buildings and processes.

4. CO2 emission reduction in transport and logistics.

5. Waste treatment, recycling and valorization.

6. Best Practices. The public conferences will comprise six seminars for the local port communities, an intermediate conference in Piraeus and a final conference in Valencia, where the results of the project will be presented.

Leader: Port Authority of Valencia.

Partners Involved: Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Luka Koper - Port of Koper, Piraeus Port Authority, ITE (Electrical Technology Institute), AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy), GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency) and Livorno Port Authority.

Deliverables: Final Conference Publication.

Total Budget: 180.461 €.

1.3 Component 3: Current Situation of Ports According to Greenhouse Emissions

1.3.1      Methodology and Detailed Assessment

Duration: 4/5/2009 – 30/4/2010

Description: This phase includes the application of the methodology for the evaluation of the current state of the port situation concerning greenhouse emissions and the rest of the aspects which affect climate change. In this sense, every port will study the following subjects:

1. Internal road transport.

2. Port terminal operations.

3. Logistics and industrial activities.

4. Energy efficiency measures currently adopted.

5. Energy generation in ports.

6. Goods consumption.

7. Waste generation and treatment.

The purpose of this phase is to obtain the maximum amount of information in order to get an accurate picture of the real state of the ports involved in the project concerning greenhouse emissions.

Leader: Port Authority of Valencia.

Partners Involved: Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Luka Koper – Port of Koper, Piraeus Port Authority, ITE (Electrical Technology Institute), AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy), and GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency) and Port Authority of Livorno.

Deliverables: 6 Environmental Impacts on Greenhouse Emissions Report, Methodology Assessment Handbook.

Total Budget: 130.022 €.

1.3.2      Harmonization of CO₂ Footprint Evaluation

Duration: 1/1/2010 – 28/7/2010

Description: This phase will provide the actions to harmonize the information and data collected in the previous phase "3.1 Methodology and Detailed Assessment". The objective is to obtain a group of indicators which allow objective and quantitative measures of the aspects related to greenhouse emissions in the participant ports. This harmonization will be used for establishing the footprint of each port, thus providing an indicator of the contribution of the participant ports to the global carbon emissions.

Leader: Port Authority of Livorno.

Partners Involved: Port Authority of Valencia, Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Luka Koper – Port of Koper, Piraeus Port Authority, ITE (Electrical Technology Institute), AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy) and GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency).

Deliverables: CO2 Footprint & GHG Emissions Evaluation Report.

1.3.3  Benchmarking and Best Practices

Duration: 3/5/2010 – 28/7/2010

Description: The Benchmarking phase will allow that each port could be compared with the rest in terms of impact of greenhouse emissions. The exchange and analysis of the information collected and harmonized in the previous phases in order to determine which the main factors to be taken into account are. In this phase the results expected will show the activities with the greatest impact concerning greenhouse emissions. Additionally, a classification of these activities according to their degree of impact in each port could be established. The final result of this phase will be a group of best practices for reducing the impact of the port activities studied.

Leader: Electrical Technology Institute (ITE).

Partners Involved: Port Authority of Valencia, Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Luka Koper – Port of Koper, Piraeus Port Authority, AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy), GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency), and Livorno Port Authority.

Deliverables: Benchmarking and Best Practices Report. 


1.4 Component 4: Action Plans

1.4.1      Best Practices Transfer and Implementation Barriers Analysis

Duration: 3/5/2010 – 27/10/2010

Description: During this phase, Action Plans based on reducing greenhouse emissions will be developed with multiple approaches. Key issues should consider environmental normative and procedures, improvement of processes engineering and implantation of new technologies based on reduction of energy consumption and on-site energy generation. These actions plans will consider on-site Renewable Energy production and use (electricity from PV, Wind and Biomass, Biofuels use and processing, chp and renewable heating and cooling) and energy efficiency in buildings, processes, transport and logistics. Moreover, barriers for their implantation will be studied and taken into account in order to minimize their negative effects.

Leader: Piraeus Port Authority.

Partners Involved: Port Authority of Valencia, Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Luka Koper – Port of Koper, AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy), GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency), and Livorno Port Authority.

Deliverables: Best Environmental Action Plans in Ports Report.

1.4.2      New Actions Identification and Common Implementation Plan

Duration: 3/5/2010 – 27/10/2010

Description: The second phase of this component will consider the best way for the common implantation of the best practices defined in the previous activity "4.1 Best Practices Transfer Analysis and Implementation Barriers". The objective of this phase is to develop balanced and harmonized actions in the whole group of participant ports in order to improve the weak points concerning greenhouse emissions of each port. As every participant starts from different degrees of development in the field of greenhouse emissions reduction, it is important to reach a final situation in which a group of common results are implemented by all the partners.

Leader: Port of Koper.

Partners Involved: Port Authority of Valencia, Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Piraeus Port Authority, AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy), GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency) and Livorno Port Authority.

Deliverables: Common Implantation of Action Plans Report.

1.4.3      Port Specific Action Plans

Duration: 28/10/2010 – 28/4/2011

Description: The last phase of this component will consider those specific actions which could be implemented in every participant port. Due to particular characteristics like geographical location, climate conditions, specific port activities, etc. different actions could be developed in addition to the common plans developed and implemented in the previous phases.

Leader: Port Authority of Livorno.

Partners Involved: Port Authority of Valencia, Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Luka Koper – Port of Koper, Piraeus Port Authority, AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy) and GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency).

Deliverables: Port Specific Action Plans Report.

1.5 Component 5: Pilot Projects

1.5.1      Pilot Design and Implementation

Duration: 28/10/2010 – 30/4/2012

Description: As a result of the previous components, pilot projects aims to promote and implement innovative actions to combat Climate Change. Within port communities involved, there will be 3 pilot projects developed by Port Authorities:

1. Definition of Climate Change requirements criteria for the selection of port tenants, contractors and suppliers. LEADER: Port of Koper. SUPPORT: Port of Piraeus.

2. Detailed assessment of the obtained results of Climate Change mitigation actions. LEADER: Port of Valencia. SUPPORT: Port of Algeciras.

3. Greenhouse gas emissions monitoring and estimation tool to be managed within port areas. LEADER: Port of Livorno. SUPPORT: Port of Marseille.

Leader: Port Authority of Marseille.

Partners Involved: Port Authority of Valencia, Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Luka Koper – Port of Koper, Piraeus Port Authority, AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy), GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency), and Livorno Port Authority.

Deliverables: Climate Change Requirements, Climate Change Mitigation (CCM) Actions Implementation and Validation, Greenhouse Gas Emission Monitoring Tool.

1.5.2      Technical Validation and Transferability

Duration: 2/5/2011 – 30/4/2012

Description: In order to assure the transferability of the results of the proposed pilot projects, those will be assessed by a second port as described in the previous phase, and the three of them will be supported by the rest of the partners: regional energy agencies AVEN and GOLEA and the technological partner ITE.

Leader: Port Authority of Valencia.

Partners Involved: Authority Port of Algeciras Bay, Port of Marseilles Authority, Luka Koper – Port of Koper, Piraeus Port Authority, ITE (Electrical Technology Institute), AVEN (Regional Agency of Energy), GOLEA (Goriska Local Energy Agency), and Port Authority of Livorno.

Deliverables: Technical Validations and Transferability Report for Pilot Projects.