THE Port of Long Beach has been awarded a US$8 million grant from the California Energy Commission to support its $16.8 million project to provide electric-powered, zero-emissions cargo handling equipment at Total Terminals International's (TTI) Pier T terminal.
The project is expected to begin in early 2021 and be completed by March 2022, reported London's Container Management magazine.
'When finished, this project will be a cost-effective, replicable model that the port of Long Beach and others can use to speed progress to zero emissions,' said Harbour Commission president Lou Anne Bynum.
'It's part of a wide array of approaches we are using to reduce air pollution for our community and deliver on our promise as the green port,' she said.
The PAVE project will design and build charging outlets for 40 pieces of electrical terminal equipment at TTI while four battery-electric yard tractors will be modified to connect to a DC fast-charging system. The system could remove the need for on-board equipment chargers while also raising the battery capacity of electric vehicles.
Other objectives of the project include learning about the electrical grid impacts associated with widespread deployment of electric vehicles and equipment. A tool will also be developed to predict how much energy and supporting infrastructure seaports will required to support zero-emissions terminal equipment.
The project is expected to begin in early 2021 and be completed by March 2022, reported London's Container Management magazine.
'When finished, this project will be a cost-effective, replicable model that the port of Long Beach and others can use to speed progress to zero emissions,' said Harbour Commission president Lou Anne Bynum.
'It's part of a wide array of approaches we are using to reduce air pollution for our community and deliver on our promise as the green port,' she said.
The PAVE project will design and build charging outlets for 40 pieces of electrical terminal equipment at TTI while four battery-electric yard tractors will be modified to connect to a DC fast-charging system. The system could remove the need for on-board equipment chargers while also raising the battery capacity of electric vehicles.
Other objectives of the project include learning about the electrical grid impacts associated with widespread deployment of electric vehicles and equipment. A tool will also be developed to predict how much energy and supporting infrastructure seaports will required to support zero-emissions terminal equipment.