China’s Grand Canal ports to provide shore power by 2019

China’s Grand Canal is to provide shore side electrical power for ships docking at public ports.

• The Ministry of Transport, National Energy Administration and State Grid Corporation of China signed an agreement on September 25 to install shore power facilities along the Grand Canal, Zhejiang, by 2019.
• The shore power facilities will cover a stretch of 2,500 km from Beijing to Hangzhou and some facilities will be installed in ports on the east coast and along the Yangtze River.
• 130 small shore power facilities installed on three ports along the Grand Canal could cut CO₂ emissions by 3,950 tons and reduce fuel consumption by 1,250 tons a year, according to the Chinese Government.

Read more on the Chinese government’s website.

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