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China’s carbon neutral goal: Shanghai’s Yangshan port to embrace hydrogen fuel-cell batteries at automated terminal
- Terminal introduced at the end of 2017 will replace existing energy sources with the batteries, operator Shanghai International Port Group says
- SIPG’s efforts showcase China’s determination to meet its carbon-neutrality goal for 2060: analyst
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Shanghai’s Yangshan Deep-Water Port, the world’s largest container port, plans to power automated vehicles and handling equipment with low-emission hydrogen fuel-cell batteries, to reduce its carbon emissions.
A terminal at the port introduced in the fourth phase at the end of 2017 will replace its existing energy sources with the batteries, operator Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) said on Friday.
An official with the city’s port authority, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Shanghai was under great pressure to implement stricter curbs on carbon emissions.
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The planned switch to low-emission hydrogen fuel-cell batteries comes after Chinese President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly in September last year that the country would aim to be carbon-neutral by 2060. And now Shanghai, its financial capital, must strike a balance between rapid business growth at the port and strengthening efforts to cut emissions.
“As the world’s largest port, SIPG’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions are of great significance, since they showcase China’s determination to meet its carbon-neutrality goal for 2060,” said Lu Ming, an agent with Shanghai Ocean Shipping Agency. “New technologies and big investment will be needed to power the whole fourth-phase terminal.”
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SIPG said on Friday a production base for the batteries will be built in the next two to three years.
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