Microgrids Technologies in Future Seaports

The issue is mostly attributable to the growth of maritime, inland shipping, waterborne transport and trade demand in the freight sector. This fundamental problem is being a key concern for the European Commission because it leads to adverse health and environmental effects. To solve the emission issues, shore-side-power emerges as an initial solution to mitigate the unwanted environmental impact of ships at berth. In addition to this, port development must be in line with the emerging ships technologies as most of the ships are moving forward All-Electric-Ship (AES) concept. However, the use of shore-side-power is still new, although the international standard was recently available, shore-side-power still facing technical challenges like power supply/demand power, different voltage, and frequency level on the ship and port side. Therefore, the integration of microgrid technologies in conventional seaports aims to become the initial step to the future “green port.” Furthermore, microgrids research has significantly increase selfsustainability for the future port because of their efficient on-site integration and coordination of renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic systems, wind turbines, and energy storage system. This challenging solution will provide more benefits to end-users as well as fuel cost savings and high system reliability.