The EU’s TEN-T Programme will co-fund two sustainable development initiatives totaling over €1 million in the Port of Civitavecchia in Italy: an innovative pilot energy production plant using sea waves, as well as a separate study on the development of rail and maritime transport connections to the port. The projects are expected to help reduce the port’s energy dependency and pollution, as well as ease transport flows.
The first project is part of a larger action aiming to reduce the emissions produced by the services and the terminal activities of the port. The Port Authority is planning to install renewable energy systems expected to satisfy at least 55% of the port’s total energy needs by 2020 and implement new systems for the mobility inside the port, such as electric cars, buses and forklifts.