The Netherlands Has €231 Million for Cleaner Inland Ships. It Still Needs Electric Freight Corridors.

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The Netherlands is offering €231 million in subsidies to encourage cleaner propulsion for inland vessels, but the program may not account for shared shore infrastructure needed to support electric freight corridors. The article argues that charging and other supporting infrastructure are essential to making zero-emission vessel operations scalable.

The Netherlands' new subsidy rewards cleaner vessel propulsion, but its principal cost denominator leaves out shared shore infrastructure that turns vessels into repeatable freight services. The post The Netherlands Has €231 Million for Cleaner Inland Ships. It Still Needs Electric Freight Corridors. appeared first on CleanTechnica.