The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced 55 selected applications for nearly $3 billion in Clean Ports Program grants funded through the Inflation Reduction Act. The selected applications will fund zero-emission port equipment and infrastructure as well as climate and air quality planning at U.S. ports located in 27 states and territories.

This new funding program was built on EPA’s Ports Initiative, which helps our nation’s ports, a critical part of our infrastructure and supply chain, address public health and environmental impacts on surrounding communities.

The goals of the Clean Ports Program are to:

Build a foundation for the port sector to transition over time to fully zero-emissions operations, positioning ports to serve as a catalyst for transformational change across the freight sector.

Reduce diesel pollution (including criteria pollutants, GHGs, and air toxics) in near-port communities, especially those with environmental justice concerns.

Help ensure that meaningful community engagement and emissions reduction planning become a part of port industry standard practices.

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EPA anticipates making awards once all legal and administrative requirements are satisfied. Selectees will work with EPA over the coming months to finalize project plans before receiving final awards and moving into the implementation phase. Project implementation will occur over the next three to four years depending on the scope of each project.

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Key Things to Know

Environmental Justice

Technology Types

Project Locations

Selected Applications

Key Things to Know

The Clean Ports Program selected applications fall under two funding opportunities:

The Climate and Air Quality Planning (CAQP) Competition funds climate and air quality planning activities at U.S. ports to build the capacity of port stakeholders to continue to reduce pollution and transition to zero-emissions operations over time.

The Zero-Emission Technology Deployment (ZE Tech) Competition funds zero-emission port equipment and infrastructure to reduce mobile source emissions (criteria pollutants, air toxics, and/or greenhouse gases) at U.S. ports, delivering cleaner air for communities across the country.

Funds will support climate and air quality planning and the purchase of battery-electric and hydrogen-powered port equipment. The proposed projects include over 1,500 units of cargo handling equipment, 1,000 drayage trucks, 10 locomotives, and 20 vessels, as well as shore power systems and solar power generation.

The program builds on efforts to advance clean technologies and planning practices to improve air quality at ports through EPA’s Ports Initiative and Diesel Emissions Reduction Act programs, which previously invested over $196 million to implement 207 diesel emissions reduction projects at ports and an additional $88 million to multi-sector projects that involve ports .

Through the innovation, installation, and maintenance of zero-emissions equipment and infrastructure, the Clean Ports Program will create new, high-quality and good-paying jobs in the domestic clean energy sector and enhance the U.S.’ economic competitiveness.

The selected projects will implement advanced technologies to modernize port infrastructure in order to reduce emissions while also providing safe and efficient movement of goods and passengers.

43 of the selected Clean Ports Program projects (21 CAQP and 22 ZE Tech) are located at hubs designated by the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy. Many of the selected Clean Ports projects complement the charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure deployment priorities outlined in the Strategy, including supporting an all-of-government approach to catalyze public and private investment, accelerate industry activity, and signal electricity and hydrogen markets to plan and deploy necessary generation, transmission, and distribution projects.

Total

55

applications selected

$2.9B

total estimated funding

CAQP

30

applications selected

$60M

total estimated funding

ZE Tech

25

applications selected

$2.8B

total estimated funding

Environmental Justice

Awards made for this program will improve air quality in near-port communities where people live, work, and play. Over half of the selected projects have a primary place of performance in disadvantaged communities experiencing poor air quality.

EPA ensured that near-port meaningful community engagement and equity considerations are core components of the Clean Ports Program, including by evaluating applications on the extent and quality of community engagement efforts. All recipients of Clean Ports Program funding will be required to engage with near-port communities about the project during the performance period.

Funding recipients can use Community Port Collaboration resources developed by EPA’s Ports Initiative to help them advance environmental justice and support effective communication and engagement between the port industry, communities, and other port stakeholders. Tools include the Environmental Justice Primer for Ports, Ports Primer for Communities, Community Action Roadmap, case studies on pilot projects, and more.

Number of Selected Applications with ZE Technology Type

Cargo Handling Equipment (CHE)

21

Selected Applications

Dray Trucks/Onroad Vehicles

9

Selected Applications

Rail

9

Selected Applications

Vessels

8

Selected Applications

Shore Power

15

Selected Applications

Solar Power Generation

9

Selected Applications

Project Locations

Selected Applications

Note: Though not listed in this table, the majority of ZE Tech selected projects also include community engagement and workforce development activities.

Program State Selected Application Project Details Anticipated EPA Funding

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CAQP Alaska Municipality of Anchorage - Don Young Port of Alaska

Primary Port Location: Port of Alaska

Emissions inventory

Assess clean energy alternatives, develop energy transition plan, evaluate technology deployment scenarios, safety analysis for hydrogen equipment

Stakeholder engagement and workforce planning analysis

$1,934,206 CAQP California Oxnard Harbor District Port of Hueneme

Primary Port Location: Port of Hueneme

Emissions inventory

Develop resiliency plan

Workforce impact analysis

Emissions reduction strategy and community air monitoring (funded separately)

$1,211,600 CAQP California Port of Redwood City

Primary Port Location: Port of Redwood City

Emissions inventory

Emissions reductions strategy with targets and actions through 2050

Resilience assessment and improvement plan

Comprehensive public participation plan to engage stakeholders at each phase and strategy for collaborative workforce development

$1,966,545 CAQP Florida Broward County

Primary Port Location: Port Everglades

Update 2015 emissions inventory with new data/methodology and analyze reductions from 2015-2024

Plan air emissions reduction strategies among sources identified in inventory

Conduct stakeholder engagement with communities and workforce

$300,000 CAQP Florida Tampa Port Authority

Primary Port Location: Port Tampa Bay

Emissions inventory

Emissions reduction strategy focused on feasibility, energy needs, and infrastructure upgrades needed to transition to ZE equipment and infrastructure

Stakeholder engagement plan to gather input on emissions reduction strategies and engage port workforce

$1,800,000 CAQP Guam Port Authority of Guam

Primary Port Location: Port of Guam

Emissions inventory

Develop emissions reduction strategy and implementation plan

Workforce development impact analysis and community engagement

Climate change vulnerability assessment

$2,410,415 CAQP Hawaii Hawaii Department of Transportation

Primary Port Location: Multiple ports in Hawaii

Emissions inventory across 9 Hawai'i ports

Recommendations and strategies for emissions reductions

Engagement with near-port communities

$2,500,000 CAQP Illinois Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Primary Port Location: Illinois Waterway Ports and Terminals Port Statistical Area, IL

Emissions inventory

Set emissions reductions goals for thousands of vehicles in operation

Strategies for resiliency and community development

Guidance on workforce development opportunities

$2,997,998 CAQP Indiana Ports of Indiana

Primary Port Location: Southern Indiana Ports District

Emissions inventory across 2 Ohio River ports

Emissions reduction target settings and strategy analysis

Ports plan to conduct resiliency planning, community engagement, and workforce development separate from grant funding

$500,000 CAQP Louisiana Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

Primary Port Location: Multiple ports in Louisiana

Develop power use and carbon footprint baseline for 32 Louisiana ports

Develop plans to move towards carbon neutrality

Integrate communities into port decision making

Develop plans to enhance resiliency of ports during severe weather events

Workforce development activities

$2,999,889 CAQP Maine MaineDOT

Primary Port Location: Port of Portland

Emissions inventory and projected emissions inventory with shore power options

Evaluate feasibility of electrification and shore power implementation throughout Maine including grid capacity analysis

Community collaboration

$1,000,000 CAQP Maryland Maryland Port Administration / MD Dept of Transportation

Primary Port Location: Port of Baltimore

Update and expand emissions inventory

Alternative energy analysis with emissions reduction strategy plan

Workforce analysis and community engagement plan

$1,974,660 CAQP Massachusetts Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

Primary Port Location: Port of New Bedford

Emissions inventory

Develop emissions reduction strategy including feasibility study for ZE technologies

Workforce impact analysis and stakeholder engagement throughout the project

$528,740 CAQP Michigan Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of Detroit

Develop a roadmap for emissions reductions with shore power, ZE medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and port equipment, EV and hydrogen fueling infrastructure

Develop a plan for ensuring local workers and small businesses are included in the transition to ZE

Community and stakeholder engagement with multiple pathways for engagement

$3,000,000 CAQP Michigan Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

Primary Port Location: Multiple ports in Michigan

Create a competitive grant program for Michigan water ports to fund eligible activities (resiliency planning, stakeholder engagement, workforce planning, emissions inventories, analyses and accounting practices, development of emissions reductions goals)

Capacity building, workforce development, and engagement with near-port communities

$3,000,000 CAQP Mississippi Mississippi State Port Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of Gulfport

Complete updated emissions inventory

Emissions reduction strategy including development of ZE technology implementation roadmap

Community engagement via public forum and workforce development program informed by a skills gap analysis

$1,854,783 CAQP New Jersey; Delaware Delaware River and Bay Authority

Primary Port Location: Cape May - Lewes Ferry Terminals

Emissions inventory covering all aspects of ferry operations

Emissions reduction strategy analysis, including goal-setting and stakeholder outreach with communities and workforce

Resilience planning and evaluation

$540,000 CAQP New York; New Jersey Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Primary Port Location: Port of New York and New Jersey

Emissions inventory and community-centric air monitoring project

Formal community and independent truck owner engagement

Emissions reduction strategy analysis creating a plan to reduce future port emissions, including determining optimal locations for future drayage truck alternative fueling infrastructure

$3,000,000 CAQP Oregon Port of Portland

Primary Port Location: Port of Portland

Emissions inventory including alternative energy/fuels analysis

Emissions reductions strategy analysis including future emissions projections

Community engagement and creation of workforce impact analysis

Update port resilience plan to include applications of ZE technology to increase resilience

$2,772,684 CAQP Pennsylvania Philadelphia Regional Port Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of Philadelphia

Baseline of emissions generated by terminal operations

Identify availability of terminal and near-terminal space and outline a strategy to power and deploy zero-emission equipment

Community engagement and workforce development

$2,000,000 CAQP Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Ports Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of San Juan

Emissions inventory and projected "business as usual" emissions inventories for 2030/2050

Develop emissions reductions strategies focused on vehicles

Engage with stakeholders

Develop a resiliency plan to protect infrastructure

$1,800,000 CAQP South Carolina South Carolina State Ports Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of Charleston

Update 2021 emissions inventory

Analyze emissions reductions strategies including state-wide hydrogen equipment/fueling feasibility

Consider community input and workforce development

$1,325,000 CAQP Texas City of Wilmer

Primary Port Location: Dallas Intermodal Terminal

Emissions inventory

Emissions reduction strategy, including development of specific emissions reduction targets for heavy-duty vehicles

Community engagement meetings and door to door canvassing to provide updates and receive input

$2,999,649 CAQP Texas Houston Authority, Port of

Primary Port Location: Port Houston

Emissions inventory

Emissions reduction strategy analysis including truck route analysis, infrastructure cost assessment, climate action planning, and developing a performance measurement framework

Stakeholder collaboration with communities, trucking industry, and workforce

Resiliency planning

$2,983,457 CAQP Texas Port Freeport

Primary Port Location: Port Freeport

Emissions inventory

Port resiliency and implementation plan and electrical feasibility analysis

Comprehensive near-port community benefits and workforce plan

$1,487,000 CAQP Utah Utah Inland Port Authority

Primary Port Location: Salt Lake City Intermodal Terminal

Emissions inventory

Emissions reduction strategy and scenario analysis

Workforce impact analysis and stakeholder engagement

$2,398,790 CAQP Washington Northwest Seaport Alliance

Primary Port Location: Port of Tacoma

Emissions inventory

Terminal-specific feasibility analysis of ZE technology with planning to transition 40 pieces of CHE and light-duty vehicles to zero-emissions, and engineering and design for shore power

Consider workforce development and community needs in planning process

Consider climate resilience needs in planning process

$3,000,000 CAQP Washington Port of Anacortes

Primary Port Location: Port of Anacortes

Emissions inventory

Development of emissions reductions plan including port-wide air quality and climate targets

Workforce planning and community collaboration via stakeholder engagement plan, EJ outreach plan and community benefits plan

Resiliency assessment

$1,355,955 CAQP Washington Port of Bellingham

Primary Port Location: Port of Bellingham

Build on significant emissions inventories and planning work

Develop a port-wide energy transition action plan with focus on resiliency and long-term emissions reductions

Community engagement framework and workforce development assessment

$1,525,892 CAQP Washington Port of Seattle

Primary Port Location: Port of Seattle

Vessel activity and maritime fuel inventory

Harbor vessel decarbonization feasibility study and sustainable maritime fuels transition analysis

Engagement with industry, workforce, and near-port communities

$2,997,248 ZE Tech Alaska City of Seward

Primary Port Location: Port of Seward

Vessel shore power

Battery energy storage system and electrical infrastructure upgrades

$45,732,040 ZE Tech California City of Los Angeles Harbor Department

Primary Port Location: Port of Los Angeles

Electric cargo handling equipment and drayage trucks

Charging infrastructure, solar generation, and battery energy storage system

Vessel shore power

$411,688,296 ZE Tech California Oxnard Harbor District Port of Hueneme

Primary Port Location: Port of Hueneme

Electric cargo handling equipment and zero-emission drayage trucks

Charging infrastructure and battery energy storage system

$41,076,293 ZE Tech California Port Department of the City of Oakland

Primary Port Location: Port of Oakland

Electric and hydrogen cargo handling equipment and drayage trucks

Charging infrastructure, solar generation, and battery energy storage system

$322,167,584 ZE Tech California Port of San Francisco

Primary Port Location: Port of San Francisco

Electric vessels

Vessel shore power

$55,386,000 ZE Tech California San Diego Unified Port District

Primary Port Location: Port of San Diego

Electric cargo handling equipment and onroad medium- and heavy-duty vehicles

Charging infrastructure

Vessel shore power

$58,600,279 ZE Tech California Stockton Port District

Primary Port Location: Port of Stockton

Electric cargo handling equipment

Charging infrastructure, solar generation, and battery energy storage system

Vessel shore power

$110,469,349 ZE Tech Connecticut Connecticut Port Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of New London

Vessel shore power

$5,357,103 ZE Tech Connecticut Enstructure New Haven Holdings LLC, d/b/a Gateway Terminals

Primary Port Location: Port of New Haven

Electric cargo handling equipment

Charging infrastructure, solar generation, and battery energy storage system

$34,032,340 ZE Tech Delaware Diamond State Port Corporation

Primary Port Location: Port of Wilmington

Electric cargo handling equipment

Charging infrastructure

$127,510,094 ZE Tech Georgia Georgia Ports Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of Savannah

Electric cargo handling equipment

Charging infrastructure

Vessel shore power

$48,763,746 ZE Tech Hawaii Hawaii Department of Transportation

Primary Port Location: Honolulu Harbor

Hydrogen cargo handling equipment

Hydrogen storage and fueling infrastructure

$56,732,500 ZE Tech Illinois Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Primary Port Location: Illinois International Port District

Electric drayage trucks, cargo handling equipment, vessels, railcar mover and locomotives; hydrogen locomotives

Charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure, solar generation, and battery energy storage system

Vessel shore power

$92,058,008 ZE Tech Maryland Maryland Port Administration / MD Dept of Transportation

Primary Port Location: Port of Baltimore

Electric cargo handling equipment and drayage trucks

Charging infrastructure, battery energy storage system, electrical infrastructure upgrades

$145,658,479 ZE Tech Michigan Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of Detroit

Electric cargo handling equipment, vessels, and railcar movers

Charging infrastructure and solar generation

$21,905,782 ZE Tech New York; New Jersey Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Primary Port Location: Port of New York and New Jersey

Electric cargo handling equipment, drayage trucks, and vessel

Vessel shore power

$344,138,135 ZE Tech New York; New Jersey SeaStreak LLC

Primary Port Location: Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor

Electric vessels

Battery energy storage system

Vessel shore power

$54,954,000 ZE Tech Ohio Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of Cleveland

Electric cargo handling equipment and vessels

Charging infrastructure, solar generation, and battery energy storage system

Vessel shore power

$94,261,128 ZE Tech Pennsylvania Philadelphia Regional Port Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of Philadelphia

Electric cargo handling equipment and railcar mover

Charging infrastructure and electrical infrastructure upgrades

$77,650,965 ZE Tech Texas Port of Corpus Christi Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of Corpus Christi

Electric cargo handling equipment, locomotives, and vessels

Charging infrastructure

Vessel shore power

$105,000,000 ZE Tech Utah Utah Department of Environmental Quality

Primary Port Location: Salt Lake City Intermodal Terminal

Electric drayage trucks, locomotives, and cargo handling equipment

Charging infrastructure and solar generation

$110,000,000 ZE Tech Virginia Virginia Port Authority

Primary Port Location: Port of Virginia

Electric cargo handling equipment

Charging infrastructure and battery energy storage system

$380,000,000 ZE Tech Washington Port of Anacortes

Primary Port Location: Port of Anacortes

Electric cargo handling equipment and vessels

Charging infrastructure

Vessel shore power

$63,803,293 ZE Tech Washington Port of Port Angeles

Primary Port Location: Port of Port Angeles

Electric cargo handling equipment

Vessel shore power

$9,457,362 ZE Tech Washington Port of Vancouver

Primary Port Location: Port of Vancouver

Electric cargo handling equipment

Charging infrastructure

Vessel shore power

$22,570,847