Energy Audit Study of Paradip Port, Paradip, Odisha

Paradip Port is a natural, deep-water port on the East coast of India in Paradip, just 53 km (33 mi) from Jagatsinghpur city in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. It is at the confluence of the Mahanadi river and the Bay of Bengal, 210 nmi (390 km; 240 mi) south of Kolkata and 260 nmi (480 km; 300 mi) north of Visakhapatnam.

The port is administered by the Paradip Port Authority (PPA) (formerly Paradip Port Trust), an autonomous corporation wholly owned by the Government of India. The Port commitment to operational excellence, coupled with strategic improvements in cargo handling, The port has positioned it as a key player in catering to the growing needs of the industries.

The National Centre of Excellence on Green Ports and Shipping (NCoEGPS) is a unique partnership between the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Government of India, and The Energy and Resource Institute that was constituted in November 2022.

India’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) under the Paris Agreement for the Period 2021-2030 include: to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 per cent by 2030 from 2005 level, and to achieve about 60 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030 with the help of transfer of technology and low-cost international finance.

TERI carried out a comprehensive energy audit in PPA Paradip, in the month of March 2025. The energy audit was focussed to evaluate the existing energy consumption levels and to identify the potential to reduce this consumption as hereunder:

• Low Energy Consumption Port addresses environmental management by improvement in operational energy efficiency and resource optimization to reduce the carbon emissions from shipping industry.
• This proposal objective focuses on energy mapping, energy assessment and providing solutions for Low Energy Consumption port with minimal carbon footprint.
• Options of electrification by switching from fossil fuels.