The Port of Trelleborg has received approval for co-financing under the European Union’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) within the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding program for the installation of an onshore power supply at ferry berths 10 and 11.
The EU project aims to deploy onshore power supply to the vessels at the quay in the ports of Trelleborg in Sweden and Lübeck-Travemünde in Germany. A large part of the supplied energy in Port of Trelleborg will be produced through the port’s two wind turbines.
The project has the work name “Baltic-Green-NET” and has received a grant of 2,230,500 Euro for the onshore power supply.
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,
… said Ulf Sonesson, Landlord at the Port of Trelleborg.
To remind, the European Union Council has adopted the alternative fuels infrastructure regulation (AFIR) which establishes, among other things, that maritime ports must provide onshore power supply for vessels by 2030.
