duisport, COSCO SHIPPING Logistics, Hupac, and the HTS Group have begun building the trimodal Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT).
Once completed by mid-2023, the €100m-worth investment will span 235k m2 across the former coal island in Duisburg.
Six gantry cranes will serve 12 tracks (each 730 m long). There will be five loading bays and three berths for inland waterway vessels. The container yard will occupy 60k m2, while 20k m2 will be reserved for warehouses. In total, DGT will offer some 800k TEUs of yearly capacity.
In addition, partners teamed up within the enerPort II project will make DGT operations climate-neutral.
Westenergie Netzservice will install an intelligent and sustainable energy system to link the various energy sectors.
Stadtwerke Duisburg will develop a concept for constructing a hydrogen filling station and an electrolyser to produce hydrogen from renewables.
Netze Duisburg will investigate which network infrastructures can be used to distribute hydrogen.
Stadtwerke Duisburg Energiehandel will act as the interface to the conventional energy markets and stock exchanges.
Rolls-Royce Power Systems will install three hydrogen-powered mtu fuel cell units with a total output of 1.5 MW to cover peak electrical loads, plus two 2.0 MW in total mtu hydrogen cogeneration units for the electrical baseload and heat supply.
Apart from covering its needs, it will be possible for DGT to supply neighbouring districts with energy through intelligent networking.
Germany's Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection has supported the enerPort II initiative with around €13m.
"The first container terminal to run on hydrogen on a completely climate-neutral basis sets the course for a climate-neutral future and is an example of the excellent hydrogen research in North Rhine-Westphalia, which we as the state government support. We are showing how both can be achieved: protecting the climate and maintaining good jobs, prosperity and social security," Hendrik Wüst, North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister, commented.
Prof. Reimund Neugebauer, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, also underlined, "The enerPort II project is a perfect example of successful cooperation between science, industry and politics on the one hand and between the energy transition and structural change on the other. Here, a new hotbed is being created for a continuously advancing, holistic transformation process. The Port of Duisburg in particular holds great potential for the development of future-oriented energy supply concepts that span all sectors and districts."
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