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The Ocean Charger project

Offshore wind is considered to be one of the fastest-growing sectors in the green transition, and therefore, there is also a focus on the greenhouse gas emissions from ships involved in the installation, commissioning, and maintenance of wind farms. Since electric power is available at the wind farms, it is possible to charge batteries regularly and frequently.

Batteries provide a limited range, but in return, they offer unmatched energy efficiency of nearly 90% from source to end-user. In other words, batteries are by far the best way to utilize electric energy, and since the demand for electric energy is increasing, this is very important.

The project "Ocean Charger" aims to develop, simulate, and test a full-scale ship charging solution that will enable zero-emission ship operations at the wind farms. This will eliminate much of the greenhouse gas emissions related to the operation of wind farms.

The project will also examine how this solution can be expanded to other types of ships and operations, explore alternative types of energy transfer, and how such operations can be optimized to use the least possible amount of energy.

Ship operations based on battery charging are an innovative and new way of powering ships, and for this to become an established solution, it is crucial to standardize solutions in the value chain and to examine how this can impact business models.

Since it is assumed that this is essential for accelerating the development towards zero-emission ship operations at wind farms, the project will map available solutions, assess, and recommend further work.

Contact

Geir Nævdal

Research Professor - Bergen

gena@norceresearch.no
+47 51 87 56 30

Project facts

Name

Ocean Charger - Maritim verdikjede for havvind med offshore energioverføring

Status

Active

Duration

15.02.23 - 31.12.25

Location

Bergen

Research areas

Research group

Research Topics

Funding

The Industrial Development Corporation of Norway, Innovation Norway, Research Council of Norway (RCN)

Prosjekteier

Vard Design

Project members

Dag Haugland
Mateo Espitia Ibarra
Jon Are Wold Suul
Jørgen Bremnes Nielsen
Ahmad Hemmati

Samarbeidspartnere

Universitetet i Bergen, NORCE, SINTEF, Maritime Cleantech
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Research related to batteries in the maritime sector – Nævdal, Geir
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