the port as an energy generator

‘The Port as an Energy Generator’Alternative energy sources compatible with

port areas. Case studies from Italian Ports. Gabriella Chiellino, CEO - eAmbiente Srl

Michele Perissinotto, Port Developments - eAmbiente Srl

GreenPort Logistics and Energy for Green Ports ConferenceVenice, 24th February 2011

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UNDERSTANDING

Energy auditEnvironmental analysisEnergy savingLCA

DESIGNING

Wind power plantsBiogas plantsBiomass plantsPhotoVoltaic plantsBioFuel

MANAGING

SEAP, ISO 14001Carbon Footprint

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The Italian port system - 23 Port Authorities

Italian Port Authorities, established by Law No 84, January 28, 1994 on the reorganization of the port sector in the promotion and development of commercial activities by sea, are active in all major ports.

The Law 84 of 1994 established the Port Authority in the ports of Ancona, Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Civitavecchia, Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Marina di Carrara, Messina, Napoli, Palermo, Ravenna, Savona, Taranto,Trieste and Venice .

To these were added, after investigation, Olbia, Piombino, and Salerno in 1995. In order for a port to be considered within the Port

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Salerno in 1995. In order for a port to be considered within the Port Authority is necessary for the last three years has registered a volume traffic of goods not less than three million tonnes per year less than 90% of the bulk Cash or 200,000 TEUs in accordance with Article 6, paragraph 8, of Law 84, 1994.

The port of Gioia Tauro in 1998 and The Port Authority of Augustais one of the youngest among the Italian having been established only in 2001.

The system of ports, integrator of qualified professionals and other entrepreneurial resources and highly specialized, is a wealth of know-how for the country.


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PORTAUTHORITIES

CO2

EMISSIONS/

CARBON

FOOTPRINT

PV PLANTS

ISO 14001

Environmental

Managment

System

WAVE

SYSTEM

(Energy

from waves)

NOISE REDUCTION

WASTE MANAGEMENT

COLD

IRONING

(and Electric

Mobility)

ANCONA

CAGLIARI

CIVITAVECCHIA

LA SPEZIA

Initiatives taken or being taken by some Port Authorities*

GENOVA

NAPOLI

PALERMO

RAVENNA

SAVONA

SALERNO

VENEZIA

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Key areas of management

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NOISE REDUCTION

WASTE MANAGEMENT

ISO 14001 Environmental

Management System

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Experiences with ports

We developed anEnvironmental ImpactAssessment. Withsurveys and forecastingmodels in order to assess:Noise impacts, Effectson roads and traffic

Realization of an area for sport and leisure activities, in CanaldiValle and Chioggia, Province ofVenice Consorzio Punta Molin

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Realization of a centreproviding servicesfor nautical activitiesin the Municipalityof Caorle,Province of Venice.Nautical CentreSansonessa

on roads and traffic(both vehicular and boattraffic). Compliance ofthe project with theneed of new Touristic andsport services.

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CARBON FOOTPRINTAllows to manage, calculate, communicate and improve environmental performances associated withCO2 produced by a product or service.

Calculation of Carbon Footprint of a company that manages the waste integrated service of the Municipality of Udine (Italy).

eEnergia works with companies and

CARBOMARKThe overall objective of the project is to promote a local Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) to trade carbon credits. The initiative will strengthen the European Union policies contrasting climate change.Specific objectives:

Favour carbon sinking to mitigate greenhouse gas effects;Estimate and enhance the service that forest ecosystems provide in terms of carbon sinking and so generate income in less favoured areas;Promote the adoption of offset strategies by local

administrations;.Raise small and medium

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CO2 Emissions

eEnergia works with companies and institutions that want to calculate and attest their carbon footprint caused by the organization (ISO 14064) or by a product or service (ISO 14067 and PAS 2050).

administrations;.Raise small and medium enterprises' awareness of the importance of mitigating their impact on the environment.Carbomark market will favour the trading of credits resulting from a wide range of agro-forest activities:

Forest management;Wood products;Urban forestry;Biochar.

The market service started in September 2010, when local small and medium enterprises had the opportunity of buying local carbon credits to offset their emissions. Carbomark market involves two regions in north-east of Italy –Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia.eAmbiente-eEnergia is a technical partner of this project.

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The Carbon Footprint allows to manage, calculate, communicate and improve environmental performances associated with CO2.Modelling of the primary data with SimaPro 7.2.4 Analyst.


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Plant: BIOREACTOR

Location: Bolzen LADURNER

Intervention:

PILOT PROJECT: transformation of organic load input to methane,

carbon dioxide and a small amount of new biomass in the

absence of oxygen.

Advantages:

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Reactor RS2

Recirculation tank

Engine room

Torch

Biofuel

production of biogas (methane), low sludge production low disposal

costs, low demand for nutrients and low operating costs, low cost

impact from the use of O2, compact installation, high volume loads.

Disadvantages:

required temperatures higher than in the aerobic treatment

(minimum 25 ° C), need for post-treatment, no removal of N and P,

escape of foul air in open systems.

Biomass in the form of pellets

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Plant: Wind power plant in Sicily, 30MW

Location:Buseto Palizzolo, Province of

Trapani (Italy)

Intervention:

The project regards the construction of an energy production plant

using wind power. The location has been determined by planners

and environmentalists, eAmbiente and other collaborators, that

considered the characteristics of the site, the landscape and the

environmental restrictions and the wind power potential of the

territory.

The best solution, chosen among various options, was the

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The best solution, chosen among various options, was the

installation of 15 turbines which are 80 m high; this solution

assures a better visual impact in comparison with a wind farm

consisting of a greater number of smaller turbines. The turbines

have a slower rotation speed in order to reduce the perception of

the movement and the noise impact.

The plant should be installed considering the morphology of the

territory: linear arrangement, installation at a certain level, grey

and anti-reflective surface.

The intention is to apply miniwind systems in port areas or

surrounding areas. Pilot project

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Plant: Under construciotn

Location: Padua (Italy)

Intervention:

One of the biggest PV plants on the roof of the world.

Has in fact started the installation of modules on the roofs of

buildings for logistics Interporto of Padua.

The work provides well 67,500 PhotoVoltaic modules that

extend over an area of 250 thousand square meters (over the

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EnvirnomentalPerformance Indicators

extend over an area of 250 thousand square meters (over the

roofs of all buildings, are also involved in the shelters used for

parking cars).

The total installed power capacity is 15 MW, producing 17 million

kilowatt hours of clean energy per year, equal to the energy

consumption of 5,000 households.

The planned investment is approximately EUR 50 million, while

the work will involve about 450 people. On the environmental

front, the emission of CO2 in the atmosphere will be contained to

less than 9 tons per year, equivalent to the consumption of

about 3,200 tons of oil.

The installation of PV systems will be completed in the fall, while

the connections to the electricity grid are expected later this year

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Plant: Pilot Project

Location: Venice Port Terminal

Intervention:

The BIPV (Building Integrate Photovoltaic) solutions represents the

way to get the building’s external surface to save and produce

renewable energy.

These building elements have a unique function whereas PV Glass preserve that

function and add the possibility to produce renewable energy. Photovoltaic glass

into an insulating glass unit allow to obtain a multifunction element for the

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into an insulating glass unit allow to obtain a multifunction element for the

building envelope, active in renewable energy’s production and able to generate a

batch of advantages that contribute to improve building’s energy efficiency and

comfort. BIPV systems replace building elements instead of being applied over

other elements.

• PV cells or Thin Film are laminated between two tempered glasses.

• PV Laminated Safety Glasses are customisable and is the Designer that decides

size, power, colours, etc.

BIPV are custom-made / customised – PVB Solar as Interlayer – Laminated

Safety Glasses. Key elements: Transparency – Day Lighting function –

Photovoltaic’s cells distances – Transparent Cells or thin film; Customizable

power depending on the number of photovoltaic cells per square

meter; Shadow and UV rays filter; Optional functions, – Insulating glass –

Noise Protection: Using PVB Sound; Aesthetical effect: Serigraphy or PVB colour.

At Maritime Terminal Passenger of Venice, the windows of the bridge will be

replaced with this efficient, integrated system of glasses

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Plant:

Intervention:

Design and construction of plants for the anaerobic digestion of organic

fraction of municipal waste (MSW) for marketing of dry digestion

system.

The dry digestion process of organic waste treatment through which, by

the biodegradation of organic material,

is possible to produce the so-called biogas, which is useful for energy as

in can be used in internal combustion engines.

Biodigestion is that of a completely natural process, which in Dry variant

occurs within reactors (cells digestion) made of reinforced concrete,

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occurs within reactors (cells digestion) made of reinforced concrete,

within which is loaded biomass.

The fermentation process is accelerated by temperatures conducive to

bacterial growth, ie 34 ° -37 ° C. The heat is transmitted to the material

from walls and floor heating.

The biogas produced is then conveyed to the co-generator to produce

electricity and heat. The material exiting the reactor can be easily and

economically composted through a conventional aerobic process.

The quality of compost produced can be used as quality agricultural

fertilizer or as fill. Through anaerobic digestion plants, the organic waste

that has long now it is disposed of separately, is used for the production

of electricity and thermal energy for heating and compost for agriculture,

making a significant contribution to reducing fossil fuel use.

The intention is to apply Waste Management systems in port areas or in

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Plant: Done

Intervention:

The acoustic zoning plan (APZ) is one of the reference tools to

ensure environmental protection and to direct actions designed

to restore the conditions of noise below the normal limits. This

need arises from the fact that in urban and metropolitan of our

country, the increase in noise related to productive activities and

mass motorization, the formation of urban areas with high

population density and characteristics of building products

have resulted in levels noise such as to take the phenomenon

of an emergency nature.

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of an emergency nature.

To achieve these objectives, the preparation of APZ has been

divided into three phases.

In the first phase was developed knowledge framework on national and regional industry,

instrumentation and on-going current planning and tools for the management of mobility in order

to ensure compatibility (physical and functional) from noise zones proposed by APZ,

homogeneous areas where the planning instruments and interventions articulate the municipal

government of mobility.

In the second phase, the procedure is done with the reading of the state of the municipality,

through the investigation of the significant elements for the preparation of the Plan, and the

parameterization of the features and elements of the urban system which are the factors that

generate noise in directly or indirectly. In other words, they were considered activities such as

industrial activities, are the direct sources of noise and activities that, when they reach significant

levels, attract traffic flow such as to raise the sound levels in the area.

In the third phase, the municipality has been divided into noise zones.

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A SMART SOLUTION TO REDUCE HARMFUL EMISSIONS: THE WHITE

DEVICE AND METHOD TO OPTIMIZE

COMBUSTION OF HYDROCARBONS

HARMFUL EMISSIONS: THE WHITE ENERGY DEVICE

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Most harmful emissions are due to the incomplete combustion of the fuel.

Microscopically, we can think of fuel as made up of many drops. Reducing the size of the drops increases the possibility of complete combustion.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE WHITE ENERGY DEVICE

Electrorheology/Magnetorheology is the study of the flow of fluids under the influence of electric/magnetic field.

It has been demonstrated in « Electrorheology leads to efficient combustion» (R. Tao,K. Huang, H. Tang, and D. Bell, Temple University 2008) as well as in other publications, that an electric field

reduces the viscosity of the fuel.

This viscosity reduction leads to much smaller fuel droplets and cleaner and more efficient combustion.

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The White Energy Device (Ekol) consists of two solenoidal coils,one for the fuel pipe (A) and one for the air pipe (B).

Coil A is connected to an electric circuit that it is constructedto generate an electromagnetic field in the fuel pipe.

Coil B is connected to coil A and it also produces anelectromagnetic field.

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• CO emission

• CO2 emission• HC emission

• K emission• Fuel consumption

The Italian Research Center (CNR) has tested the device oncars with standardized tests and has found very positive results.We propose using the White Energy Device in ports. We thinkthat it will have even better results in marine motors because:� They are older than car motors;� The fuel is less refined;� Other companies using similar devices have better resultsin marine motors than in cars.

By means of the electromagnetic field in the fuel pipe, the White Energy device reduces:

in marine motors than in cars.Therefore the device will have a bigger impact.

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