A REPORT, commissioned by the Port of Rotterdam, has shown how it can reduce substantially its industrial CO2 emissions, though a key emphasis is on the future of the port’s refineries.
Given the size of the port of Rotterdam’s industrial area, and the range of business activities present, the Port Authority commissioned the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy last year, to look at how it could help meet societal requirements of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement. It has now published the results.
With annual CO2 emissions of well over 30m tonnes the port area is seen at one of the major European hot spots of GHG emission. While the port can point to several existing initiatives it already has in place, the report identifies where some sweeping changes can be made. The study shows the challenges that the Port of Rotterdam area will likely face in the coming decades as global and European decarbonisation efforts intensify.
The report states: “In a decarbonizing world…. The port’s industrial cluster will most likely not be able to retain its current form in the decades to come. Instead, some elements of the current cluster, specifically refineries and unabated fossil fuel power generation, will become less relevant over time as a result of changes in regulation and market demand associated with global and European decarbonization efforts.”
The report authors point directly to the current key role Rotterdam plays in fuelling the European transport sector through its refineries, and how that will clearly change in the coming years as alternative fuels and electric propulsion begin playing a bigger role.
The full report is available here
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