Three Gorges cruise ships using shore power can reduce pollution gas emissions by over 13000 per year

Luxury cruise ships dock at Taohua Village Pier in Xiling Gorge at night, no longer using their own diesel generators, but directly using the shore power provided by the pier. After the ship docks, the crew will connect the cables to standardized shore power piles, scan the QR code on the mobile terminal to power on, and the system will automatically calculate the electricity consumption in the background.

On the morning of April 29th at 10 o'clock, at Taohua Village Tourist Terminal in Yiling District, Yichang City, Li Mingqi, the chief engineer of the 12500 ton "Century Legend" cruise ship, connected the ship's cables to the shore power box on the dock barge and turned off the diesel generator on board.

Shore power, equivalent to the "electrical sockets" installed on the banks of the Yangtze River, can provide power for docked cruise ships. There is no need to turn on diesel generators for daily electricity on board, which can effectively reduce noise and air pollution. Ms. Su from Shanghai said, "When I used to travel to the Three Gorges, the sound of a generator could be heard all night when the cruise ship docked. Now it's quiet at night, and I have fun even after resting. Zhang Bo, the person in charge of Taohua Village Tourist Terminal, calculated that tourist boats consume a large amount of electricity, with each boat consuming over 1000 kilowatt hours of electricity per day. The "Century Legend" cruise ship has a docking time of 17 hours each time. In the past, it required 2 tons of diesel to generate electricity, with a cost of 14000 yuan. After using shore power, the electricity cost is only one-third of that of fuel.

In order to facilitate the payment of shore power by crew members, State Grid Hubei Electric Power Co., Ltd. has also launched a "QR code shore power system", which consists of shore power piles, mobile terminal APP, shore power operation service platform, etc. After the ship docks, the crew connects the cable to the shore power station and can use it by scanning the QR code on the mobile terminal. The system automatically measures the electricity consumption in the background, and when the ship leaves the port, it can be powered off and settled by scanning the QR code again, achieving unified interface standards and convenient payment platforms.

According to the statistics of State Grid Hubei Electric Power Co., Ltd., as of now, 28 ports and terminals along the Yangtze River in Yichang have completed shore power transformation, with a power supply capacity of 31555 kVA. Among them, more than 110 tourist ships have all used clean shore power, with an annual electricity consumption of 5 million kilowatt hours. This can reduce the emissions of 4471 tons of carbon dioxide, 4240 tons of sulfur dioxide, 2700 tons of nitrogen oxides, and 1610 tons of carbon monoxide annually, allowing more than 1.2 million cruise ship tourists to experience a quieter and more comfortable Three Gorges tour every year.

(Article translated from: Hubei Daily website)