The electrification project starts from Portovesme airport of the ports of Sardinia with the installation on the quays of cold-ironing systems that will allow ships at berth to turn off the on-board engines and connect to the electricity supply of earth. About a year after the award of the integrated contract for the final design, executive design and construction of the plant, today, in fact, the works that will be the first to affect the port of Portovesme and which provide for the electrification of the ferry quay which, once once the excavation of the seabed has been completed, it will host the ships which connect the port with Carloforte.

Specifying that the amount for the implementation of the electrification of the Portovesme quay is about 2.15 million euros, the Port Authority of the Sea of Sardinia has specified that it is therefore a small slice of the large and complex project awarded last year to the consortium of companies established by Nidec Asi Spa and Ceisis Spa Integrated Plant Systems winner of the procedure public evidence for a total design amount (final and executive) and works, totalling 51.76 million euros, entirely financed with PNRR funds. The other 40 millions of the funding will be used, instead, for the construction of connections with high-speed substations voltage of the national electricity service. Seven in all electrification plants envisaged by the project, whose works will also depart, in the coming months of 2025, in the ports of Cagliari, Olbia - Isola Bianca, Golfo Aranci, Santa Teresa and Porto Torres. One once the construction sites have been completed, the Port Authority will proceed with a further call for the identification of the operator who will take care of the management, maintenance of the quay facility and supply of electricity to ships.