The installation and installation works started in April have been completed. burial of the pipes that will house the cables necessary to Bringing electricity to the new cold ironing station in Porto Corsini cruise terminal, in Ravenna. After the suspension of activities that will last until about the middle of next month in order not to impact on the road network to and from the coastal resorts, in the next autumn we will return to intervene on a more circumscribed to complete the connection and junction works of all the newly built underground infrastructure.

The electrification of the passenger terminal will allow cruise ships moored in Porto Corsini to turn off their on-board combustion engines, eliminating noise emissions and during the stop on the quay. This will be possible thanks to the electricity produced by the system photovoltaic system that the Port System Authority of the Sea Adriatico Centro Settentrionale has built in the area of the former Sarom refinery, an intervention that allowed the total urban and environmental regeneration of a disused industrial area of 44 hectares. On about 34 hectares, in fact, completed and installed a photovoltaic system with a total of 37.16 MWp, capable of generating clean energy at a zero emissions, while the remaining portions of land were enhanced and transformed into wooded areas with filter functions and ecological mitigation.

The construction of the cold ironing station, and of all ancillary activities, is made possible thanks to to a PNRR funding of 35 million and it is estimated that the plant can be put into operation by the end of the year.