The Green deal is an ambitious plan set out by the European Commission. Its main goals are: 1) achieving net-zero GHG emissions by 2050; 2) decouple economic growth from resource use; 3) ensure that all persons/places make part of the transition process. Accomplishing 1 is a muti-sectoral problem (transports, industries, etc.) that requires adopting new green energy vectors or increasing the utilization of existing ones. Independently from which option is chosen, it constitutes a broad and complex process that involves analysing all the sectors of a supply chain. Indeed, it is not possible to adopt a new green energy supply chain/vector (or increase the use of an existing one) without an assessment of what will be the infrastructure needs in terms of production, storage, and distribution.
The MAGPIE project is an international collaboration working on demonstrating technical, operational, and procedural energy supply and digital solutions in a living lab environment to stimulate green, smart, and integrated multimodal transport and ensure roll-out through the European Green Port of the Future Master Plan and dissemination and exploitation activities. The consortium, coordinated by the Port of Rotterdam, consists of 3 other ports (DeltaPort, Sines and HAROPA), 9 research institutes and universities, 32 private companies, and 4 other organisations. The project is divided in 10 main work packages which include energy supply chains, digital tools, 10 demonstrators for maritime, inland water, road, and rail transport, non-technological innovations, and the development of a Master Plan for European Green ports.