1. 

   British JAP and Demo: recap video

   11/14/2019

   A quick recap to our British Joint Advisory Panel (JAP) and combined Demonstration Session in Portsmouth on 6th November.
2. 

   Successful British Joint Advisory Panel and Demonstration session (06/11/19)

   11/11/2019

   Representatives from industry, ports and shipping companies and higher education joined the British Joint Advisory Panel (JAP) for PECS on 6th November to discuss how ports can be more energy efficient, how we can reduce CO2 emissions and improve air quality.
3. 

   Floating solar panels installed in marina of Hellevoetsluis

   11/11/2019

   One of the pilots in the PECS-project has recently been installed: the floating solar panels in Heliushaven, one of the marinas in Hellevoetsluis (NL).
4. 

   Project outputs now freely available for download

   11/04/2019

   Within the scope of the PECS project four tools and methods will be developed and validated to achieve carbon reduction. The PECS partners now proudly present the majority of their research documents, guidelines, reports and tools as free downloads on our website.
5. 

   Invitation: Energy Saving to Improve Air Quality in 2020 and beyond (UK JAP meeting & demonstration)

   10/07/2019

   Interested in how to make our ports more energy efficient, how to reduce CO2 emissions and improve our air quality? Then join us for the British Joint Advisory Panel (JAP) meeting and visit the Portsmouth PECS-pilot during the demonstration session.
6. 

   PECS project as guest lecture on Blue Growth Summer School 2019

   09/13/2019

   The Blue Growth Summer School 2019 (#BGSS2019), a summer school in Ostend (Belgium) on marine and maritime topics, invited the PECS  project partners UGent Power-Link together with the Port of Oostende for a guest lecture about port management, including the energy management system.
7. 

   ESPO: 'Ports play a key rol in decarbonisation'

   06/06/2019

   At the annual conference of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) in Livorno (IT) last month ESPO's secretary general emphasised the role of ports in decarbonisation. They also published their 'Priorities of European Ports for 2019-2024', a memorandum of the European Sea Ports Organisation for the new Commission and European Parliament, in which decarbonisation plays an important role. "Europe must support investments that implement the decarbonisation strategy of the port as well as
8. 

   PECS-partners meet up @Lille for project overview meeting

   06/03/2019

   The PECS consortium was invited to Lille on 28th and 29th May by partner CEREMA to hold their next PCG-meeting to get an overview of the status of the project.
9. 

   New PECS-video (made by Interreg 2 Seas)

   05/06/2019

   A new video about PECS, made by the Interreg 2 Seas Secretariat, is now available to watch.
10. 

    GreenBiz Energy: producing and consuming sustainable energy on a local level

    05/06/2019

    Thanks to the Interreg 2 Seas PECS programme, Omgevingsdienst IJmond and GreenBiz IJmond have had the opportunity to develop a local energy market (LEM). GreenBiz Energy is a LEM where offer and demand of local energy comes together.
11. 

    VVSG Climate Day: exploring the Ostend PECS-pilots by bike

    05/06/2019

    The Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG) organised their bi-annual Climate Day in Ostend (BE) last Friday (03/05/19) and PECS was on the programme!
12. 

    Interreg 2 Seas Mid-Term Event - PECS looks back at the event

    04/28/2019

    The PECS-project looks back at an inspiring two-day Mid-Term Review event by Interreg 2 Seas in ICC Ghent (25 & 26 April ’19). This event hosted almost 400 participants.
13. 

    PECS @ Interreg2seas Mid-Term Review (25-26/04/19 - Ghent, BE)

    04/24/2019

    PECS is excited to join the Interreg 2 seas Mid-Term Event tomorrow and Friday in ICC in Ghent (BE).
14. 

    Energy pontoon by BPS hits regional news bulletin!

    04/12/2019

    Regional Ostend televison group Focus - WTV has picked up the news item on the BPS energy pontoon and came filming yesterday.
15. 

    PRESS RELEASE | Energy pontoon is tested in Port of Oostende

    04/11/2019

    At the end of last week an important milestone was achieved in the PECS (Ports Energy and Carbon Savings)-project: the energy pontoon by developer Blue Power Synergy (BPS) was dismantled and transported from their workplace to one of the quays in Port of Oostende, where it was reassembled.
16. 

    Collective investment in solar panels on boats (Hellevoetsluis)

    04/09/2019

    The municipality of Hellevoetsluis plans a meeting on the collective investment in solar panels for boats. They encourage the use of semi-flexible solar panels to install on the deck of a boat and which can be walked on.
17. 

    BPS launches energy pontoon on docks in port of Ostend

    04/09/2019

    Last week one of the PECS-pilots reached a new milestone. The energy pontoon by partner Blue Power Synergy (BPS) left the construction site and was reassembled on one of the quays in the port of Ostend.
18. 

    Kick-off of local energy market: GreenBiz Energy

    03/27/2019

    Since the start of the PECS-project, Omgevingsdienst IJmond has been working on creating a local energy market for companies in the region they are situated. They now proudly invite you to the kick-off of this local energy market: GreenBiz Energy.
19. 

    Join PECS-partner Indaver at the World Resources Forum

    02/24/2019

    Our PECS-partner Indaver is showcasing its pilot project in Dunkerque on the World Resource forum from 24-27th February in Antwerp.
20. 

    Dutch JAP-meeting on energy cooperation on 15/01/19 in Velsen-Noord

    01/15/2019

    Our Dutch PECS-partner Omgevingsdienst IJmond organised the second Joint Advisory Panel meeting in the project, this time for a mostly Dutch audience and with a focus on energy cooperation and their Local Energy Market (LEM-) platform.

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