Shore power at the cruise terminal, powered by photovoltaics is a project which embraces two relevant interventions foreseen at the Port of Ravenna, focused on installing onshore power supply at the cruise terminal powered by a photovoltaic plant: a platform for self-generation of energy in the port from solar sources. In relation to ensuring the power required for the OPS facility at the Porto Corsini Cruise Terminal, the project also foresees the construction of a connection infrastructure to Terna Spa’s National Transmission Grid.
In particular, near the root of the Banchina Demaniale there is a 132kV Terna station, called Stazione AT Ravenna Porto, identified as the HV supply point, from which the various power supplies will be derived. The planned interventions fall within the Ravenna port area and involve both the Cruise Terminal area and the back-port areas where the HV transmission and interconnection plants are built. The OPS design has been financed by the European Funds under the CEF programme. The OPS Station is directly powered by a photovoltaic plant, which is the result of a wide-ranging project aimed at developing a platform for the self-production of energy in the port from solar energy.
The following developments are foreseen:
- a photovoltaic plant with a total capacity of 37.16 MWp;
- the construction, within the area of the plant itself, of 18 LV/MV inverter and transformation substations connected to 2 delivery substations, as well as 1 control substation, all located in the area of the planned plant
- section of underground power line (approx. 1.5 km long) for the MV connection between the 2 delivery cabins and the MV/HV elevation cabin located in the ‘L2’ area (the latter is not the subject of this project).
The general objectives are to assist the de-carbonisation of the port of Ravenna, the upgrading of the energy network with a view to energy self-sufficiency, and the supply of renewable energy to the OPS plant.