The EU Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, has officially awarded the nearly €3.1 million support to the Finnish seaports for setting up onshore power supply (OPS) at the Mussalo Harbour during his visit to Helsinki.

Six berths at quays B and C will be equipped with cold-ironing connections. "The completed OPS system will provide an electrical power of 4.0MVA for each OPS connection point with a medium voltage of 6.6kV on two different frequencies, 50Hz and 60Hz [...]. The maximum total electrical power of the system will be 10MVA. Six vessels will be able to connect to the OPS simultaneously," the Port of HaminaKotka detailed on the project's website.

The investment covers the construction, installation, and commissioning of all required infrastructure, including a new OPS building with switchboards, transformers and frequency converters, and all required cabling, earthing and OPS connection points with sockets on the quays. In addition, a new electricity grid connection of 20kV will be procured for the needs of the OPS system.

Photo: Port of HaminaKotka