Energy Efficiency in European Ports: State-Of-Practice and Insights on the Way Forward

The changing energy landscape in Europe, marked with the development of the Energy Union in 2015, had a profound impact also on the European port sector. With European ports becoming key points of energy production, but also being prominent energy users, energy consumption has naturally risen into a...

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Main Authors:	Eleftherios Sdoukopoulos, Maria Boile, Alkiviadis Tromaras, Nikolaos Anastasiadis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:	Sustainability
Subjects:	port sustainability energy efficiency energy performance energy management green port policy
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/18/4952

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spelling	doaj-cbd51524e73a4e47ae3b8874e50bab062020-11-24T20:53:31ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502019-09-011118495210.3390/su11184952su11184952Energy Efficiency in European Ports: State-Of-Practice and Insights on the Way ForwardEleftherios Sdoukopoulos0Maria Boile1Alkiviadis Tromaras2Nikolaos Anastasiadis3Department of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus, Karaoli & Dimitriou 80, 18534 Piraeus, GreeceDepartment of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus, Karaoli & Dimitriou 80, 18534 Piraeus, GreeceHellenic Institute of Transport, 6th km Charilaou—Thermi Road, 57001 Thessaloniki, GreeceHellenic Institute of Transport, 6th km Charilaou—Thermi Road, 57001 Thessaloniki, GreeceThe changing energy landscape in Europe, marked with the development of the Energy Union in 2015, had a profound impact also on the European port sector. With European ports becoming key points of energy production, but also being prominent energy users, energy consumption has naturally risen into a top environmental priority for port authorities. To this end, the paper provides a pragmatic and comprehensive overview of the main policies, technologies and practices that European ports have adopted to-date for enhancing their energy efficiency. Addressing a gap that has been identified in relevant recent literature, it gathers actual data and port experiences from many different sources in a first attempt to better facilitate knowledge and experience-sharing activities, that will support ports in collectively moving towards a zero-emission and climate-neutral future. Most importantly, it presents an effort to rationalize research findings, assist in aligning them with practice, shed more light on the exploitation path of this line of research and better inform future research efforts.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/18/4952port sustainabilityenergy efficiencyenergy performanceenergy managementgreen port policy
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title	Energy Efficiency in European Ports: State-Of-Practice and Insights on the Way Forward
title_short	Energy Efficiency in European Ports: State-Of-Practice and Insights on the Way Forward
title_full	Energy Efficiency in European Ports: State-Of-Practice and Insights on the Way Forward
title_fullStr	Energy Efficiency in European Ports: State-Of-Practice and Insights on the Way Forward
title_full_unstemmed	Energy Efficiency in European Ports: State-Of-Practice and Insights on the Way Forward
title_sort	energy efficiency in european ports: state-of-practice and insights on the way forward
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Sustainability
issn	2071-1050
publishDate	2019-09-01
description	The changing energy landscape in Europe, marked with the development of the Energy Union in 2015, had a profound impact also on the European port sector. With European ports becoming key points of energy production, but also being prominent energy users, energy consumption has naturally risen into a top environmental priority for port authorities. To this end, the paper provides a pragmatic and comprehensive overview of the main policies, technologies and practices that European ports have adopted to-date for enhancing their energy efficiency. Addressing a gap that has been identified in relevant recent literature, it gathers actual data and port experiences from many different sources in a first attempt to better facilitate knowledge and experience-sharing activities, that will support ports in collectively moving towards a zero-emission and climate-neutral future. Most importantly, it presents an effort to rationalize research findings, assist in aligning them with practice, shed more light on the exploitation path of this line of research and better inform future research efforts.
topic	port sustainability energy efficiency energy performance energy management green port policy
url	https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/18/4952
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Energy Efficiency in European Ports: State-Of-Practice and Insights on the Way Forward

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