A&P Falmouth will reduce emissions in
port by providing sustainable clean shore power solutions to vessels after it
was successful in a bid to the UK Government’s Zero Emission Vessel
Infrastructure fund (ZEVI).
A&P Falmouth is part of APCL Group, the
global ship building and ship repair organisation.
The facility is one of the world’s largest
natural deep-water harbours, with large graving docks and extensive along-side
deepwater berthing. A&P Falmouth provides vital ship repair and in-service
support to the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
The £12m shore power project will see A&P
Falmouth provide the UK’s first multi-vessel flexible shore power connections
on Cornwall’s Atlantic Peninsula in partnership with engineering design
specialist Marine Zero. As well as reducing CO2 emissions, the technology will
also reduce noise in the port.
The Falmouth, Atlantic & Peninsula Clean
Shore Power Future project is part of the Zero Emissions Vessels and Infrastructure competition
(ZEVI), which was announced in February 2023, funded by UK Government and
delivered in partnership with Innovate UK.
As part of ZEVI, the Department for Transport
allocated over £80m to 10 flagship projects supported by 52 organisations from
across the UK to deliver real world demonstration R&D projects in clean
maritime solutions. Projects will take place in multiple locations from the
Orkney Isles to the Southwest of England.
A&P Falmouth has partnered with Marine
Zero for the design and specification of the multiple 1.5MVA shore power
systems. The project will be scalable to
meet future increased capacity demands of larger vessels and additional
connections at A&P Falmouth. Work is already underway and is expected to be
completed by Q1 2025.
Mike Spicer, Managing Director of A&P
Falmouth said: “Sustainable shore power plays a vital role in global and
national efforts to reduce the impact of the maritime industry on the
environment. Our strategy at A&P Falmouth is to achieve net zero across our
operations by 2030, so this hugely exciting project will be a significant
milestone on that journey. It is testament to the strength of our bid and our
reputation in the industry that we were chosen by UK Government to be one of
the recipients of this funding.”
Andy
Hurley, Marine Zero director, said: “There is no doubt that shore power will
play a critical role in reducing emissions for vessels at berth. We are
delighted to be partnering with A&P Falmouth as they take this major
step towards their net zero future.
“Installing
shore power is a complex challenge, particularly at a large multi-vessel
shipyard such as A&P Falmouth. The UK Government’s ZEVI award is a
significant and welcome recognition – both of the relevance and wider impact of
clean maritime solutions, as well as our technical capability and ambition to
deliver them.”
Announcing the winning
bids, Transport Secretary Mark Harper, said: “All of our winners are at the
cutting edge of the nation’s maritime industry – a crucial part of this
government’s plan to grow the economy, creating better-paid jobs and
opportunity right across the UK.”
ZEVI is part of the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emission’s (UK
SHORE), focused on clean maritime technologies that can be scaled rapidly to
decarbonise the UK’s domestic maritime sector. In March 2022, the Department
announced the biggest government investment ever in our UK commercial maritime
sector, allocating £206m to UK SHORE, a new division within the Department for
Transport focused on decarbonising the maritime sector. UK SHORE is delivering
a suite of interventions throughout 2022-2025 aimed at accelerating the design,
manufacture and operation of UK-made clean maritime technologies and unlocking
an industry-led transition to Net Zero.
