Carnival Company immediately introduced photo voltaic panel installations are underway for 2 of its Port of Barcelona cruise terminals. The roof-mounted photo voltaic panels, a primary for the port, can provide greater than 100% of the power wanted to energy each day operations and can cut back general electrical energy consumption.
Carnival Company and the Port of Barcelona have partnered with a Catalonia-based photo voltaic supplier to put in 1,350 photo voltaic panels at Palacruceros (Terminal D) and Helix Cruise Middle (Terminal E). These panels will collectively produce over 866,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per yr. The set up of the photo voltaic panels started in July at Palacruceros, and your entire venture overlaying each terminals is predicted to be accomplished by the tip of 2024.
Moreover, the excess energy generated by the photo voltaic panels, estimated at 32% for Helix Cruise Middle alone, will be routed again into the native power grid to enhance the general utilization of renewable power technology within the port. In complete, over 245,000 kWh of surplus energy will likely be fed into the grid annually – equal to the typical annual consumption of 60 households.
This transformative venture builds on Carnival Company’s improvement of a brand new photo voltaic panel farm unveiled earlier this yr at its Amber Cove Cruise Middle within the Dominican Republic, one among eight main port locations and unique islands owned and operated by the corporate. Collectively, these tasks mark the start of the corporate’s wider efforts to combine renewable power throughout its total ports and locations portfolio.
“The shift to renewable power is an integral a part of our international technique to scale back greenhouse fuel emissions and decrease our environmental footprint on the stunning locations we go to,” mentioned Karin Plettner Rutishauser, vice chairman of world ports and locations technique for Carnival Company. “By partnering with Port of Barcelona, the photo voltaic panels at our terminals will considerably contribute to the manufacturing of fresh power, benefiting each the area people and our over a million cruise visitors who get pleasure from this vibrant metropolis annually.”
“By this newest venture with Carnival Company, we’re laying the inspiration for our new power mannequin based mostly on renewable power, power storage and a sensible electrical energy grid,” mentioned Lluís Salvadó, president of Port of Barcelona. “Sustainability has all the time been our fundamental driving power and these efforts have proudly put us on the forefront of producing environmental and financial prosperity in our nice port, metropolis and area.”
As one of the vital commerce ports within the Mediterranean for greater than 2,000 years, the Port of Barcelona has lengthy positioned town as a frontrunner for the way forward for environmental innovation. This consists of being the primary cruise port within the Mediterranean with amenities to produce cruise ships with liquefied pure fuel and implementing air high quality enchancment plans to successfully cut back emissions from port actions.
Carnival Company and eight of its cruise strains – AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn and P&O Cruises (UK) – go to Barcelona all year long, with all manufacturers working full or partial homeporting.