Bordeaux (France): a new business model for a POSitive Energy and Economic Port

Challenge(s)

Deploying City Port synergies around the circular economy.

Good practice

Pool resources on the basis of industrial ecology principles

The battle against climate change necessitates innovative strategies to enhance the energy efficiency of both ports and cities. One approach, industrial ecology, hinges on collaborative efforts among social and economic actors who pool resources. It is rooted in sustainable development principles, striving to combat pollution and reduce resource and energy consumption. Using the heat created by industrial steam of the port areas creates a sustainable synergy between the port activities and the local population of the port. This is the case with the Pernis Residual Heat Initiative where the company Shell and the port authority of Rotterdam collaborated to find a sustainable solution for heating the city without using the burning of fossil fuels, but rather by using the already generated heat that was created by industrial activities of the port and unused.

This good practice also includes objective 4.4 (Developing collaborative approaches, drawing on scientific and technologic knowledge from the scientific community and civil society to support decision making) of the AIVP's 2030 Agenda.

Case study

With its “PÉÉPOS” project (Port of Positive Energy and Economy) launched in 2013, the port of Bordeaux is committed to a new economic model built on green energy and industrial synergies. The project is notably aimed at anticipating the impact of regulations on nitrogen oxide and sulphur emissions in ports, optimising energy use and identifying new industrial energy sources. It comprises several stages: a diagnostic assessment of energy and industrial factors at Bordeaux’s industrial-port zones; identification of power generation zones; increase of exchanges and synergies around energy efficiency; definition of economic models, etc. On 2017, the Port of Bordeaux launched the second phase of the Péépos project – Peepos Smart Green- with the objective of making Bordeaux a low carbon Port by 2020.

More information: Peepos ; See the video