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Abstract

Seaports are well known as the medium that has evolved into the central link between sea and land for complex marine activities. The growth in maritime logistics particularly necessitates a large volume of energy supply in order to maintain the operation of sea trade, resulting in an imbalance between generation and demand sides. Future projections for three major concerns show an increase in load demand, cost of operation, and environmental issues. In order to overcome these problems, integrating microgrids as an innovative technology in the seaport power system appears to be a vital strategy. It is believed that microgrids enhance seaport operation by providing sustainable, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective energy. Although microgrids are well established and widely used in a variety of operations on land, their incorporation into the seaport is still limited. The involvement of a variety of heavy loads such as all-electric ships, cranes, cold ironing, and buildings infrastructure renders it a complicated arrangement task in several aspects, which necessitates further research and leaves space for improvement. In this paper, an overview of the seaport microgrids in terms of their concepts and operation management is presented. It provides the perspectives for integrating the microgrid concept into a seaport from both shore side and seaside as a smart initiative for the green port’s vision. Future research directions are discussed towards the development of a more efficient marine power system.

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Title
A Review of the Conceptualization and Operational Management of Seaport Microgrids on the Shore and Seaside
Author
Nur Najihah Abu Bakar 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Guerrero, Josep M 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Vasquez, Juan C 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bazmohammadi, Najmeh 2 ; Yu, Yun 2 ; Abusorrah, Abdullah 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Al-Turki, Yusuf A 3 

 Center for Research on Microgrids (CROM), AAU Energy, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark; [email protected] (N.N.A.B.); [email protected] (J.C.V.); [email protected] (N.B.); [email protected] (Y.Y.); Faculty of Electrical Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Kampus Pauh Putra, Arau 02600, Perlis, Malaysia 
 Center for Research on Microgrids (CROM), AAU Energy, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark; [email protected] (N.N.A.B.); [email protected] (J.C.V.); [email protected] (N.B.); [email protected] (Y.Y.) 
 Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy and Power Systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, K. A. CARE Energy Research and Innovation Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia; [email protected] (A.A.); [email protected] (Y.A.A.-T.) 
First page
7941
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
19961073
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2608130402
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.