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This Dutch port is encouraging ships to invest in renewable power

Shipping containers are stacked up at the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw - RC13034FBDD0

Since July 2017, all ships that dock at Rotterdam port have received a score out of 100. Image: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

Isabelle Gerretsen
Journalist, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Caroline Kroes, energy transition strategy programme lead at the port of Rotterdam, is pictured in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, August 22, 2018.
Caroline Kroes, energy transition strategy programme lead at the port of Rotterdam Image: Handout picture courtesy of Ries van Wendel de Joode.
A Skoonbox containing renewable batteries is pictured, September 17, 2018.
A Skoonbox containing renewable batteries Image: Handout picture courtesy of Skoon Energy BV.
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Containers are loaded onto a ship at the port of Rotterdam, Hook of Holland, Netherlands, September 11, 2018.
Containers are loaded onto a ship at the port of Rotterdam. Image: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
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