Federica Montaresi, extraordinary commissioner of the Authority of the Port System of the Eastern Ligurian Sea, signed the decrees, for a total amount of 57 million euros, for the construction of of the high-voltage energy infrastructure serving the port of La Spezia and the electrification plants of the New Pier Cruises and for the replacement of existing generators with others with hydrogen. The implementation of the energy infrastructure high-voltage service to the port of La Spezia, including the connections to the National Transmission Grid (with the implementing body Terna Spa), consists of the construction of a new power supply located in Stagnoni (Truck Village) for the supply of 110 MW of power to the new infrastructures in progress of construction within the port of La Spezia (New Terminal Ravano, New Gulf Terminal, electrification of the quays of the sector and new cruise pier on Calata Paita). In particular, it is the executive project, drawn up by Galileo, has been approved Engineering Srl, for a value of 41 million euros, partly funded by the PNRR as part of the Green Ports interventions. Another work related to the intervention is the new transformation and power distribution lines for the electrification of the docks of the new Cruise Pier. At it case the project has been approved the feasibility project technical and economic report, drawn up by the DBA PRO Engineering Firm, which amounts to 14.6 million euros.

Another intervention concerns the replacement of two groups generators, currently powered by diesel, one serving the sub-riverbed tunnel in the port of La Spezia and the other that guarantees public lighting inside the port of Marina di Carrara. Both will be replaced with hydrogen plants. The amount of the works is equal to 1.3 million euros on an investment of about 1.9 million, also in this case taking advantage of PNRR funding under the Green Ports call. Activities will be carried out by the company Bluenergy Revolution Scarl.