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IOTICS to create digital twin of Portsmouth Port

by Liam Turner
Aerial view of Portsmouth Port

IOTICS is to create a digital twin of Portsmouth International Port in a bid to show how a modular green hydrogen generation system could be achieved.

IOTICS and its partners will create a digital twin of the port – estimated at a cost of £1.5m – interoperating with existing and emerging data from the port infrastructure and its activities.

The project will also utilise data from the working hydrogen electrolyser.

The IOTICS-enabled digital twins, interoperating with data sources from KnowNow and deployed by Barter4Things, will serve as an amalgamation to virtualise both dockside and offshore activities.

Connected Places Catapult and Portsmouth University will leverage data from the digital twins within the port ecosystem to enhance and optimise operations with decision-support tools.

The approach aims to create a scalable model that is able to be transferred to other ecosystems, use cases, and locations.

The Shipping, Hydrogen & Port Ecosystems UK (SHAPE UK) project is part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition.

It is committed to becoming the first carbon-neutral UK port by 2030 and the first zero-emission port by 2050.

‘Minimise our impact’

Jerry Clarke, senior project manager at Portsmouth International Port, said: “As a port operating in the heart of a major city, and that is owned by the people of Portsmouth, we have an obligation to do everything we can to minimise our impact as we continue to grow in the coming years.”

Sophie Peachey, head of customer success at IOTICS, said: “This project gives us many options to showcase the value of a digital twin approach by reusing data across different use cases.

“We will be looking at the business benefits for deploying renewable and clean fuels as well as the logistics of refuelling onshore equipment and sea-going vessels in a busy port.

“We’ll also be setting up the foundations of ways to look at environmental impacts of switching to clean fuel sources.”

Dr David Hutchinson, a leader in environmental innovation and innovation and impact development manager for the faculty of technology at the University of Portsmouth, added: “The government has a very ambitious environmental target within the maritime sector.

“SHAPE UK represents a milestone in the move to innovative low-cost green hydrogen generation and storage systems that bring significant reduction in carbon emissions and air pollution in and around Portsmouth and other UK ports.

“The port is keen to act as a ‘living lab’, so there will be a great student-experience element, which will be particularly relevant for students in our Faculty of Technology, such as those on the renewable energy degree.”

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