Kristiansand offers shorepower

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 15:04 by ce-press

In cooperation with Danish company PowerCon and local energy company Agder Energi Nett, the shorepower system in Kristiansand will be Europe’s largest.

The facility is financed through the EU Horizon-2020 programme for research and innovation. It is of such a scale that even the world’s largest cruiseships can connect and shut down the engines while at berth.

The shorepower will be established and tested within the cruise season of 2018 at the Port of Kristiansand, promoting the port as a front-runner in this technology.

The port has made significant investment over the last five years. What makes this system unique is the frequency converter that will provide the ships with 50/60 Hz according to the ship’s demand.

The system will be integrated in a total of eight twenty-foot containers that can deliver up 16 MVA electrical energy, in accordance with the international high voltage IEC 80005-1 standard.

PowerCon is developing the facility and has over recent years delivered a range of shorepower systems to a number of Norwegian ports.
The total investment has a budget of about €4m, co-financed by the European Union and the Horizon 2020 SME programme. The project will be an important contributor to the achievement of the EU target of shorepower in all important European ports by 2025.

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Founded in 1641, Kristiansand is a town steeped in tradition and maritime history. It was once the home to one of the world’s largest fleets of sailing ships. Although the whole town centre fits within one square kilometre it is Norway’s fifth largest town and the capitol of Southern Norway. At the Fisherman's wharf one can find an exciting fish market, lively restaurants and small boat traffic. Kristiansand's old town, Posebyen, can boast Northern Europe's largest collection of lowrise, wall-to-wall wooden houses. From Kristiansand visitors have easy access to unspoilt nature. The south coast is dotted with mile upon mile of tiny rocky islands and picturesque white-painted houses in sheltered inlets, all set against a backdrop of lush green forests and lakes, and a mountainous and majestic inland. See Kristiansand and the surrounding region by foot, bike or coach.