Investigate and leverage port Electrification technology deployment to enable adoption of electrified ground transportation vehicles which support port activities, with a secondary focus on grid capacity/integration methodologies to create a resilient power supply.
As technologies and infrastructure upgrades are being deployed to support electrified port activities, new opportunities are developing to integrate Zero-Carbon freight transport initiatives. Scaling up port vessel and ground-side “support vehicle” electrification will require high-level systems perspective and commitment. Though this task is focused on “non-captured freight vehicles” (i.e. vehicles that will leave the port boundaries), the study and understanding of the captured fleet will benefit the task in laying the ground work for the energy flow and load characteristics within the port. Attributes of port electrification which will impact freight operations include:
This task will: