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For the best experience we suggest that you download the newest version of a supported browser:. This page requires JavaScript in order to be fully functional and displayed correctly. Please enable JavaScript and reload the site. This photo shows the Ostseekai in Kiel. By the end of , Ostuferhafen Kiel will be able to supply several passenger as well as cargo ships with shorepower simultaneously.
Please use another Browser It looks like you are using a browser that is not fully supported. For the best experience we suggest that you download the newest version of a supported browser: Internet Explorer , Chrome Browser , Firefox Browser , Safari Browser Continue with the current browser. Please allow JavaScript This page requires JavaScript in order to be fully functional and displayed correctly. How to enable JavaScript. It makes it possible to generate the electricity ships need while they are in port using renewable energies on shore instead of diesel generators on board.
The new shore power connection will be one of the largest installations of its kind in Europe. After completion of the project at the end of , the port of Kiel will be able to supply green power to six ships simultaneously at all of its major passenger, cargo and ferry terminals.
For Siemens, the contract includes execution planning, delivery, assembly, cabling and commissioning of all plant and structural components required for the operation of the shore power plants, the necessary structural, civil and hydraulic engineering work, and overall commissioning of the system. And once again, they submitted the most economical bid. Two plants with up to three supply options The construction project at Ostuferhafen includes two shore power plants able to supply up to three seagoing vessels simultaneously.
