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Peel Ports turns the screw on greenhouse gas emissions

[ April 22, 2024   //   Chris Lewis ]

Peel Ports Group’s Queen Elizabeth II Dock at Eastham near Ellesmere is to use hydropower as part of its drive to become net-zero across its network and operations by 2040.

The port operator has partnered with Czech renewable energy specialist Hydropol to install a twin Archimedean screw generator, at the site’s 30 foot lock. Now connected to the Dock’s electricity network, it will generate up to 1.5 million kWh per year – enough energy to power around 190,000 homes for a day.

As well as providing energy to the Dock, the generator will power the site’s Green Automotive Hub, opened to serve a neareby electric van factory in late 2023.

Peel Ports’ managing director of Lewis McIntyre, port services, Lewis McIntyre,said: “The introduction of hydropower at Queen Elizabeth II Dock is another major achievement as we seek to make our operations greener and more sustainable for the future. The amount of renewable energy set to be produced is significant and builds on Eastham Dock’s sustainable credentials.”

Peel Ports Group has already reduced Scope 1 & Scope 2 emissions across its ports by 32% against its 2020 baseline and in 2021 Peel Ports announced its commitment to becoming a net zero port operator by 2040, ten years ahead of the UK Government’s target, making it the first UK port operator to declare such ambitious decarbonisation plans.

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