Scandlines has contracted Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) to ship an onshore charging system to the ferry operator’s berth in Puttgarden, Germany.
NES will ship the system and join the gear to the facility grid of the regional grid operator, Schleswig-Holstein Netz. The required parts onshore embody a 30MVA grid transformer, medium and low voltage transformers, and switchboards, along with management system and knowledge assortment system. NES may even ship further gear to the ferry.
Scandlines’ new zero direct emissions ferry, Futura, presently below building in Turkey, will function the Puttgarden-Rødby route between Germany and Denmark. Already in April 2022, Scandlines signed a contract to ship the shore energy resolution in Rødby on the Danish facet of the route. Now, NES may even present the charging resolution for the German facet of the ferry hyperlink. The charging system will provide energy to each the zero direct emissions freight ferry Futura and the Fehmarn Belt hybrid ferries, which as of 2025 will function at the least 80% emission-free.
NES is already within the technique of delivering energy, automation, and navigation methods to the Scandlines zero direct emissions freight ferry. With the design and supply of the ferry’s charging resolution on the German facet of the hyperlink, in addition to the Danish, NES is answerable for the full power design, from the facility grid to the propeller.
With a battery pack of 10MWh, equal to the mixed capability of about 150 electrical automobiles, the ferry’s battery capability can be among the many world’s largest on a ship. Rapid charging is important for the ferry whereas it’s unloading autos and may take about 12 minutes.
