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EU-funded MAGPIE project plans 12 green port pilots with ports, universities and firms
MAGPIE, funded under the EU's Horizon 2020 transport programme, brings together four ports, nine research institutes and universities, 32 private companies and four other institutes to pilot green energy and port automation.
Why it matters: The nine research institutes and universities in the MAGPIE consortium are partners in a project planning 12 pilot activities alongside four ports and 32 companies.
According to the European Commission's CORDIS record, the MAGPIE consortium is made up of four ports, nine research institutes and universities, 32 private companies and four other institutes.
CORDIS states that the project will carry out 12 pilot activities covering alternative energy sources, smart technologies for power operations, and river and rail links with the hinterland.
The ports of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Sines in Portugal, Haropa Port in France and the DeltaPort association in Germany support the project, which is funded under the Horizon 2020 Smart, Green and Integrated Transport programme.
The project description says demonstrated innovations, including ammonia bunkering, an autonomous e-barge and a port digital twin, will lead into a European Green Ports of the Future Master Plan with a roadmap and implementation handbook.
Editor’s view
Joseph Lopez, Collaboration Editor
For the consortium's ports, research institutes, universities and companies, the project's demonstrators are meant to feed into a European Green Ports of the Future Master Plan, with a roadmap and handbook for implementation.
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