The building permit for two 120 meter high wind turbines for the port’s energy needs (shore power of vessels) and the Municipality of Trelleborg’s hydrogen investment, has now been granted. Port of Trelleborg has the ambition to become a major energy node and is very much looking forward to being able to start the project in early autumn 2023.
The Port of Trelleborg, Scandinavia’s largest RoRo port for rolling traffic, aims to be the most sustainable port in the Baltic Sea. The ambition is to reach net zero emissions by 2040. The key to reducing the port’s emissions is to offer the right conditions for our customers to reduce their emissions and secure access to climate-friendly fuels and charging infrastructure with green electricity. From 2030, it is also expected that all vessels that dock at the port must be connected to the shore power, which will mean significantly higher energy consumption. With the new wind turbines, together with the Port of Trelleborg’s own solar park of 2,200 square meters, we will produce more green energy than we consume.
− Together with Trelleborgs Energi, we are now working to find the best design and how to ensure green hydrogen for the upcoming truck traffic powered by hydrogen in the future, says Jörgen Nilsson, CEO of Port of Trelleborg.
The wind turbines will be placed in the new port on the 500-meter-long quay and are planned to be completed in 2024. They will produce about 15 million kWh per year.
The wind turbines are one of the activities in the port’s EU project “Green FIT 2025”, which is co-financed by the EU.
”The “Green FIT 2025” project includes works implemented during 2021-2024. The port builds two new large berths for next-generation Ro-Pax vessels and installs shore-side electricity connections. Also, it secures supply of clean energy for ships, port operations (and city hydrogen production) by installing two wind turbines. At the new berths, two wastewater reception facilities are deployed. A port wastewater treatment plant is constructed to allow for management of ship waste in an environmentally friendly manner. The port rail connections are reconstructed in a new layout, to ensure a faster handling of intermodal trains.”