It is an ambitious plan that seeks to electrify navigation in the river of Vigo and to create an industrial ecosystem that provides technologies and components to local shipyards

The private initiative of Aister Atileros, in collaboration with the Association Clúster del Naval Galician, the Technological Center of the Automation of Galicia and the Harbour Authority of Vigo, has launched the project Green Bayan ambitious plan that seeks to electrify navigation in the river of Vigo and to create an industrial ecosystem that provides technologies and components to local shipyards.

The aim is to eliminate CO2 emissions from commercial activity in the waters of the Ria de Vigo, both from port activities and from traffic in passengers or aquaculture vessels. Once this model has been developed, Aister wants to lead the environmental transition in European coastal areas.

For this project, synergies will be established between the experience of the shipbuilding of the Rías Baixas, and the technological development of the Galician automotive industry, more advanced in the field of batteries and vehicle autonomy.

Vigo is the Galician epicenter of automotive, with the presence for more than 60 years of the Stellantis factory, unique in Europe with two production lines, and a conglomerate of more than 200 auxiliary companies and technological centers.

Green Bay also includes electrification of the ship and the provision of components, installation of recharge points for the batteries in port. The development of this technology, therefore, does not only integrate the operator of the ship, but also the administrations that manage the ports, as well as the energy providers that will have to offer solutions adapted to the needs of the users.

In order to address this electrification project, AISTER has focused on navigation within the Vigo River (Inland waters) and the ships in which it is most feasible to apply this technology have been identified. The mussels or the traffic of ria would be candidates for a total electrification, due to their planned and recurrent routes. Ships such as tugs or port practices could incorporate hybrid propulsion, by requiring at point times greater power and autonomy.