(Duisburg) – Duisburger Hafen AG (Duisport) wants to convert the former “coal island”, once a transshipment point for bulk goods, into a climate-neutral terminal using hydrogen. As part of the project called “EnerPort II”, Duisport will build the “trimodal Duisburg Gateway Terminal” (DGT) together with Cosco Shipping Logistics, Hupac SA and the HTS Group by 2023. 
An intelligent local energy network couples and controls renewable energies such as photovoltaic and hydrogen-based combined heat and power systems with electrical thermal energy storage as well as hydrogen storage and consumers such as shore power, charging stations and crane systems. In the future, hydrogen-powered shunting locomotives will be used on the DGT. There are no reach stackers; all goods movements are controlled digitally.
“In the Duisburg Gateway Terminal we will not only work in a state-of-the-art, digital and efficient manner, but also 100 percent climate-neutrally.” The largest development project since “Logport I” 22 years ago “is a model project with appeal far beyond the port of Duisburg.” It shows “what the logistics and energy supply of tomorrow will look like,” says Duisport CEO Markus Bangen.
Modular structure enables further follow-up projects
In the final expansion, after two construction stages, a division will apply on the DGT, according to which 40 percent will be transported by rail, 40 percent by inland waterway and only 20 percent truck traffic will be on the road. Six gantry crane systems, twelve block train tracks with a length of 240.000 meters and several berths for inland waterway vessels are available on a 730 square meter terminal area. There is a shore power connection at the quay for every ship in order to minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
The modular structure creates the conditions “for a continuous continuation of the transformation process, as follow-up or satellite projects can be connected without any problems,” such as electrolyzers or hydrogen-powered locomotives.
Other partners in the first hydrogen project are Westenergie Netzservice GmbH, the Rolls-Royce Power Systems division, Stadtwerke Duisburg and Stadtwerke Duisburg Energiehandel GmbH. Rolls-Royce will ensure a climate-neutral energy supply in the future. Rolls-Royce's Power Systems division supplies the hydrogen technology 
its MTU brand. The hydrogen-powered fuel cell solutions deliver electrical power as soon as the public power grid reaches its limits, for example to supply on-board power to ships in port or in the event of other load peaks. In addition, two combined heat and power plants with hydrogen engines generate electrical energy that is fed into the supply network of the future container terminal or into the public network. Future supply of neighboring districts is also being considered. The waste heat is used for process heat or to heat buildings in the port and in the area surrounding the port.
Duisport and the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT have analyzed future-oriented technologies and developed models for what they say is the “largest hinterland hub in Europe”. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection for a period of four years as part of the “Hydrogen Technology Offensive”.
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https://www.duisport.de/energiewende-im-duisburger-hafen-entsteht-das-erste-klimaneutrale-containerterminal-europas-auf-basis-von-wasserstofftechnologie/
https://www.mtu-solutions.com/eu/de/pressreleases/2021/rolls-royce-makes-duisburg-container-terminal-climate-neutral-with-mtu-hydrogen-technology.html
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Duisburger Hafen Ruhrort 2021 © Duisburger Hafen AG / Hans Blossey
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Visualization of the planned DGT terminal (planning status March 2019) © duisport
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The sketch shows a design for hydrogen as an energy solution for inland ports: a microgrid based on renewable energy with hydrogen-powered fuel cells for emergency and peak power as well as hydrogen combustion engines. A similar solution is being created for the new container terminal at the port of Duisburg. © MTU Solutions
