On October 1st 2023, the Magpie project which aims at shaping the green ports of the future, will celebrate its two years milestone. What has happened during that period of time? Here are the recent highlights in this newsletter.
A quick reminder of the key numbers: 45 partners including major European ports, Universities, industrial partners and researchers, 10 demonstrations, 3 digital tools and 1 Master Plan for the future European green port in order to meet the European Commission’s objective to reduce the GHG emissions of transport by 90% by 2050. To achieve that goal, greener energies, digitalization and guidance need to be further developed.
👉 Update on: Energy requirements and supply chain (WP3).
Transport energy supply and demand needs are the focus of WP3 whose goal is to “explore how new energy vectors (Electrification, Hydrogen, Ammonia, BioLNG) will need to evolve to comply with the decarbonization targets associated with the different transport modalities that co-exist in a Port ecosystem,” according to João Silva, Project Manager in the area of RES Integration & Flexibility of EDP NEW, leader of WP3.
To that end, the partners have studied the electricity supply chain (T3.2) and done the same for hydrogen (T3.3), ammonia (T3.4) and BioLNG (T3.5) in order to define the long-term energy supply and demand roll-out plan (T3.6) for European ports.
To learn more about the energy requirements, find out about the deliverables on the Magpie Website https://www.magpie-ports.eu/magpie-project/magpie-deliverables/
📣 Focus on Demo 9 : Green Connected Trucking.
What if a truck would help you as a driver or transport planner by working with you? Trucks could take over repetitive tasks or do the waiting for you until it is their turn at the charging station or loading dock. They would bring planning flexibility and more relevance to a drivers daily work, while at the same time vehicle safety is improved thanks to more advanced sensors, communication systems and onboard computing power. The MAGPIE yard automation truck was demonstrated by DAF Trucks NV in Helmond (The Netherlands), from April 17th to 19th, during the Automotive Week 2023. This is one of the first results of the MAGPIE project shown to the public.
Find out more with the video 🎬 : https://swll.to/k3dXER
👉 Update on: Digital tools (WP4.5)
The MAGPIE project proposal (p.11) has defined a digital twin as “the virtual and computerized counterpart of a physical system that can be used to simulate the system behaviour considering different circumstances and environments, exploring real-time synchronization of the sensed data and is able to decide between a set of hypotheses which represent a better option”. This central framework includes the various infrastructures and vehicles existing in the port and takes into account all logistic modalities (road, railways, sea, etc.) that need to be connected to each other and to other port digital twins.
📣 Focus on the Smart Green logistics tool (T.4.5.3)
Circoe is actively participating in developing the Smart Green Logistics tool enabling the port to deploy and manage more efficient, reliable, environmentally sustainable, and less energy consuming operations. Based on a synchromodality concept, system dynamics models will support strategic and long-term decisions. Circoé, jointly with Erasmus University, will explore and design decisions and operations planning.
👉 Update on: Master Plan for European green ports (WP9)
WP9’s goal is to encompass all the findings of the Magpie project and deliver a Master Plan for the future European green port which will include a handbook for implementation, replication and scaling-up of innovations.
📣 Find out about MAGPIE talks #01 with Maaike DALHUISEN & Théo FORTIN
Link: https://www.magpie-ports.eu/magpie-talks-01-with-maaike-dalhuisen-theo-fortin/
📣 Do not miss HAROPA’s Port-city workshop (MAGPIE) on September 27th 2023
The Port-City workshop will be hosted by HAROPA, in Le Havre on the 27th of September 2023. The aim is to explore how the MAGPIE demos and concepts can tie in with existing local projects or be implemented to green HAROPA Port’s operations along the Seine Axis. The focus will be on three innovative solutions, namely, the Onshore Power Supply, the Alternative Fuels and the Digital Tools. Register and learn more on https://www.magpie-ports.eu/agenda-directory/
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