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EPA Awards Port of Baltimore $147 Million

[ November 7, 2024   //   Gary G Burrows ]

The Port of Baltimore will receive more than US$147 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Ports Program funding to expedite decarbonization and electrification efforts at the port.
The Maryland Port Administration and private partners will use the funds to purchase 213 pieces of new zero-emission vehicles, equipment, and charging infrastructure that will replace old, inefficient, and polluting diesel combustion engines.
The funding will also pay for capacity upgrades to the port’s electrical grid, which will help significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions with an estimated 35 percent decrease in carbon dioxide equivalency compared to 2020 levels.
Port zero-emission port equipment to be privately owned and operated include: 149 electric vehicle supply equipment, 25 drayage trucks, seven on-road vehicles and a battery energy storage system.
Companies participating in the Clean Ports Program are Wallenius Wilhelmsen, SSA Marine, Ports America Chesapeake, Capital Logistics, C. Steinweg, and CALSTART.
The Port of Baltimore previously received US$30.9 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America award for Dundalk Marine Terminal Reconstruction of Berth 11 and the US$7.5 million award for Curtis Creek Drawbridge Rehabilitation and Resiliency projects.
The Maryland Legislature’s Climate Solutions Now Act in 2022 requires the port to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 60 percent from 2006 levels by 2031 and achieve net-zero statewide GHG by 2045.

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