Environmental and health consequences of shore power for vessels calling at major ports in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15549685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Priyank Lathwal (0000-0003-3883-3641, Carnegie Mellon University), Parth Vaishnav (0000-0003-1582-4523, University of Michigan, corresponding author), Michael G Morgan (0000-0003-1384-5814, Carnegie Mellon University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 064042-064042 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/abfd5b |
| OpenAlex | W3158692800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
To reduce local air pollution, many ports in developed countries require berthed ships to use shore-based electricity instead of burning diesel to meet their electricity requirement for loads such as lights, cargo-handling equipment, and air conditioning. The benefits of this strategy in developing countries remain understudied. Based on government data for all major ports in India, we find that switching from high-sulfur fuel to shore power reduces hoteling emissions of particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) by 88%; SO 2 by 39%; NO x by 85%; but increases CO 2 emissions by 12%. Switching from low-sulfur fuel reduces hoteling emissions of PM 2.5 by 46% and NO x by 84% but increases SO 2 emissions by 240% and CO 2 emissions by 17%. The lifetime cost savings from the switch to electricity are $73 M for high-sulfur fuel and $370 M for low-sulfur fuel. We estimate that switching from high-sulfur fuel to shore power might avoid at most a couple of dozen premature deaths each year, whereas switching from low-sulfur fuel could lead to a slight increase in premature mortality. Therefore, policymakers must first clean up power generation for shore power to be a viable strategy to improve air quality in Indian port cities
Air pollution · Air quality index · Business · Diesel fuel · Economics · Electrical engineering · Electricity · Environmental protection · Fuel oil · Geography · Meteorology · Natural resource economics · Particulates · Port (circuit theory · Shore · Sulfur · Waste management · Chemistry · Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure · Engineering · Environmental Science · Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems · Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency · Ecology · Environmental Engineering · Oceanography · Pollution
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |