Energy
LED lighting
Lighting accounts for one fifth of all electricity consumed. In autumn 2010, the Venice Port Authority started using LED technology to illuminate the Passenger Port.
Compared with the conventional systems, the new 23 metre spotlights have enabled the port to save 70% more energy.
Photovoltaic panels
In 2011, photovoltaic panels will be installed on some 18,000 sqm. of rooftops in the port's facilities, and there are already plans to extend the surface covered.
These solutions cover the terminal's power needs and, when the cruise season finishes, they put back into the grid the power absorbed in peak periods.
Energy from algae
A plant will be erected to test the option of the wide-scale use of biomasses (algae) to generate power and heat and make the Port of Venice energy-indipendent.
Electric vehicles
A joint study is being conducted with ENEL, a utility company, to assess the use, in the Marittima Passenger port, of elecrically powered vehicles only.
Cold Ironing
ENEL and Venice Port Authority are jointly designing a system to power berthed ships from shoreside (Cold Ironing), enabling them to switch off their engines when docked (Cold Ironing has been operating since 2010 for mega-yachts).
