Erasmus UPT is a part of the MAGPIE project that has been awarded nearly € 25 million in EU funding. This project, led by the Port of Rotterdam, will improve the sustainability of ports in the European Union. In total 45 organisations are collaborating in an international alliance working on a Horizon2020 project under the Green Deal Call to boost the green and digital transition. The MAGPIE project started in September 2021 and will run for five years.
The MAGPIE project will create demonstration and pilot projects in the living laboratory environment of the Port of Rotterdam, to advance technological, operational, digital and organisational aspects of energy supply for use in ports.
Director of Erasmus UPT Dr Larissa van der Lugt said: “Not all developments in the project are about technology. Erasmus UPT is responsible for impact monitoring and developing the right non-technological frameworks to enhance adoption of the innovations. These can include new market mechanisms, new financial models or price differentiation – in fact all the financial and economic infrastructures that would help a technological innovation to be implemented in a port business. We will consider the cost gap between the old way of doing things and the new way, and what that means when encouraging new users to adopt it.. The information we generate for MAGPIE can be used in similar port environments around the world, for scaling up the innovations from the MAGPIE pilot projects. The information we uncover will help to make new developments become the norm in the market.”
UPT researchers involved
Larissa van der Lugt
Martijn Streng
Rosanne van Houwelingen
Liam van Son