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UNIQUE IN EUROPE, THE SHORE-BASED SUB- STATION AT CRUISE CENTER ALTONA IS SCHEDULED TO PROVIDE FULL POWER SUPPLY FOR 22 CRUISE SHIP CALLS DURING 2018
minal with a quayside sub-station similar to Altona’s but supplying even more power, namely 16 instead of 12 megawatts.
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SUPPLY FOR CONTAINERSHIPS TOO
In future, cruise ships are not to be the only vessels profiting from shore power during port lay time. Ger- many’s largest terminal operator, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), plans to supply container- ships in port with power, using Power-
pacs. In testing, these have been used
on Hamburg-based shipowner Hap-
ag-Lloyd’s containerships during lay-
time at HHLA Container Terminal Al-
tenwerder (CTA).
Powerpacs are power supply units
supplied by Becker Marine Systems.
After a containership berths, initially
two containers are hoisted on board
– as the Powerpac. These house a
gas-powered 1.5-megawatt genera-
tor plus a tank of liquefied natural
gas. This then supplies power to the
shipboard network. The ship’s own
auxiliary diesel can be shut down.
All these examples demonstrate
that the Energiewende is not a revo-
lution that can occur overnight. De-
veloping a ‘smart port’ calls for
bold, innovative ideas, plus perse-
verance. This way, the port can
grow sustainably into the future, re-
maining a crucial economic factor
for Hamburg, the Metropolitan Re-
gion and far beyond.
fee, fruit and wheat are distributed from here local- ly, all over Germany and in- to other European coun- tries. Crude oil is delivered and then refined here, ena- bling engines and machin- ery to run smoothly. The gear that we wear and our cellphones in daily use are manufactured in the Far East and transhipped in the port. In recent years, a fur- ther product has originated here: Electricity.
More than 65 wind tur-
bines with a total output of over 110 megawatts are meanwhile scattered around the city-state. Apart from those in outlying areas, the Port of Hamburg itself increasingly plays a major role as a site for windpower units. The port so far houses 14 rotors producing environ- ment-friendly power. In 2017 alone, Trimet’s alumin- ium plant and ArcelorMittal’s steelworks each opened three new 3-megawatt windpower stations. Together, these six units alone can supply around
22,000 Hamburg households with ‘green’ power. ■ ST. PAULI
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MORE WINDPOWER FOR/
FROM THE PORT
Windpower is just one example of renewable energy growth in the Port of Hamburg. The port feeds the city with many essential products: cof-
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6 x Dradenau - 2 x 2500 kW - 1 x 2400 kW
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2 x Altenwerder - 2 x 6000 kW
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2 x Hohe Schaar - 2 x 1500 kW
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