Carbon neutral port
The UKs Port of Milford Haven says it has become carbon neutral, thanks to its investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
In spring 2014, the port commissioned its 20,000 panel solar array at Liddeston Ridge adding to its 26 commercial roof-mounted arrays across the port’s property portfolio. The projects are now creating enough electricity to offset 102% of 2014’s operational emissions.
Figures for 2014 show that the amount of CO2 emissions from all of the port’s own direct operations stood at 2,506.24 tonnes offset by the 2,563.14 tonnes of emissions saved from the generation of renewable energy.
Alec Don, chief executive, Port of Milford Haven, said that the port is not just working with solar energy though.
It’s also working closely with tidal and wave energy companies and the local marine engineering sector to make Pembroke Port a fabrication and service centre for wave and tidal energy of all forms.
By Anne-Marie Causer
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