Summarising the key findings of a new report published in partnership with the consultancy Arup, C40 Cities has declared: ‘New jobs, improved public health, and growth for local economies: the future of port cities is in clean energy.’
In its own announcement on the new report published yesterday (18 September), Arup has urged that, by ‘taking a leadership role in wind, sustainable fuels, and electrification’, ports could ‘unlock billions in investment, create high-quality jobs, and deliver cleaner air for millions of people’.
The report highlights projects that are already underway, including investments in clean trucks and cargo-handling equipment at the US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach; the expansion of sustainable fuel bunkering in Singapore; and the electrification of ships, trucks, and equipment at the Ports of Stockholm.
It also looks at how using investment in turning ports into hubs for sustainable fuels, electrification and offshore wind can help to grow local economies, generate new green jobs, and ‘support a just transition’.
According to Arup: ‘Many cities are already showing the impact these ideas have in the real world, like Brazil’s first industrial-scale green hydrogen and ammonia facility in Camaçari which could attract $1.5bn in private investment. The development of an offshore wind hub in New York City’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal is also set to deliver 810 MW of renewable energy – enough to power 500,000 homes. Meanwhile, wind turbine manufacturing in Oman’s Special Economic Zone at Duqm is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs.’
The publication of the report has been welcomed by climate NGOs. Allyson Browne, the CEO of High Ambition Climate Collective (and also a contributor to the study), said on her LinkedIn feed that the report ‘builds the strategic case for investment in ports as clean energy hubs and provides an Action Toolkit with a roadmap of city actions’.
Click here to download the report, Ports as clean energy hubs: How port cities can power the global energy transition.
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