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

Eleftherios Sdoukopoulos, Maria Boile, Alkiviadis Tromaras and Nikolaos Anastasiadis
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Eleftherios Sdoukopoulos: Department of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus, Karaoli & Dimitriou 80, 18534 Piraeus, Greece
Maria Boile: Department of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus, Karaoli & Dimitriou 80, 18534 Piraeus, Greece
Alkiviadis Tromaras: Hellenic Institute of Transport, 6th km Charilaou—Thermi Road, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
Nikolaos Anastasiadis: Hellenic Institute of Transport, 6th km Charilaou—Thermi Road, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 18, 1-25

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: port sustainability; energy efficiency; energy performance; energy management; green port policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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