Sweden’s Trelleborg ferry port recently submitted an application to install onshore power supply systems for ferry berths Nos 10 and 11.
The application was granted co-financing in EU’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the funding programme supporting European transport infrastructure.
This project is aimed at deploying onshore power supply to the ferry berths at Trelleborg and Lübeck/Travemünde in Germany.
A large part of the energy at Trelleborg will be produced through the port’s two wind turbines.
This project has the work name ‘Baltic-Green-NET’ and has received a grant of €2,230,500.
“We are of course very happy to receive this announcement and get a hearing for another environmental investment.
“This will be an extension of our wind turbines that can now supply our customers’ vessels with fossil-free electricity.
“There are several environmental benefits of onshore power, including avoiding carbon dioxide emissions when the vessels are in the port.
“Through the project, we contribute to a green shipping corridor in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Germany,” explained Ulf Sonesson, of the Port of Trelleborg.
