The Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Plant awarded the integrated contract for the construction of the historic cold-ironing infrastructure port of Ancona intended to supply electricity from the shore grid to ships at the mooring to allow the on-board engines to be switched off. The Electrification system will affect six quays used for ferry traffic, or other vessels if compatible with the power output, and will be made with the funds of the National Plan for Complementary Investments to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Ministry of Homeland Security Infrastructure and Transport. Integrated procurement, which includes executive design and construction of the works, for a contractual amount of €4.3 million. The AdSP pointed out that the award took place after a month of ahead of the target set by MIT on 31 March.

The infrastructure is to be completed by June 2026 and the estimated power expected to power the system as a whole is nine MW.

The installation of cold-ironing in the Doric airport will help reduce the environmental impact of maritime traffic close to the reducing the incidence of emissions pollutants. The overall project for the electrification of the ports of Ancona, Pesaro, San Benedetto del Tronto in the Marche and Ortona and Pescara in Abruzzo was managed by Sogesid, a company "in-house" of the Ministry of the Environment and Safety and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, with in September 2022, the Port System Authority signed a convention dedicated to the design of the cold-ironing. The planned investment in the port system is €11 million.