Smart Energy & Industry
This Roadmap focuses on an optimally functioning and sustainable petrochemical cluster. Implementation of sustainable energy in its various facets (production, use, storage) is being researched. The focus is on how and how much wind energy can be absorbed in the port of Rotterdam and how dependence on fossil fuels can be reduced. Energy infrastructure, electrification and hydrogen are the main programs within this roadmap.
Elektrification – impactstory SmartPort
A drastic reduction of CO₂ in the port of Rotterdam is needed. A major challenge for Europe’s largest petrochemical cluster. In order to reduce CO₂ electrification technologies must be ready for commercial use by 2030 as a replacement for production based on gas, coal and oil. Large-scale electrification makes the Rotterdam port-industrial complex more sustainable and provides the necessary flexibility and stability in the new energy system. A lot of innovation is still needed to get there. Since 2016, SmartPort has been committed to boosting and broadening this innovation in collaboration with businesses and academia.
