The replacement of 800 lights in the port of Valencia will save 269 tons of CO2 per year.
This measure, which has been put out to tender for a budget of 346,000 euros, is 50% financed by FEDER funds.
Valencia, 12th March 2020.- The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has put out to tender the replacement of all lights on public roads at the port of Valencia by LED lights with lower consumption. Specifically, the project foresees the replacement of 800 sodium vapor lights with a budget of 346,000 euros. This project is 50% financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), within the Operational Program for Sustainable Growth 2014-2020 “A way to build Europe”.
This measure is part of the energy management system based on the ISO 50001 standard the PAV implemented in 2015 in the port facilities it manages. With the replacement of the lights, the PAV plans to reduce energy consumption by 73% and avoid the emission of 269 tons of CO2 per year.
The execution period after the awarding of the contract is 3 months, so the project is expected to be completed in the summer.
The replacement of the streetlights with LED technology is a step further towards the PAV’s decarbonisation policy for the Valencian port facilities. In recent years (between 2008 and 2016) the port of Valencia’s Carbon Footprint has accumulated a decrease of 17%, going from 3.12 to 2.58 t CO2 per ton moved. The PAV was the first port authority in Spain to register the Carbon Footprint in a port area in the Carbon Footprint registry created by the Ministry of Ecological Transition, obtaining the “Calculation” seal.
Additionally, the PAV participates in energy transition projects that promote the use of alternative fuels such as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) or hydrogen, as well as the introduction of renewable energy in the port facilities it manages. Particularly, the PAV plans to present a project to the “Conselleria” for the installation of a wind plant that would generate between 12 and 16 MW in a first phase, with an estimated cost of between 13 and 18 million euros. The installation would have an annual production of about 27,000 MWh in its first phase. When it comes to photovoltaic solar energy, it is planned to tender a facility for about 800 KWh of solar energy in the port of Valencia with an estimated cost of about 600,000 euros.