Low Cost Onshore Power Supply

Informations projet

LoCOPS

N° de convention de subvention: 756696

DOI 10.3030/756696

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 23 Decembre 2016

Date de début 1 Janvier 2017

Date de fin 31 Decembre 2018

Financé au titre de

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Coût total € 3 537 931,25

Contribution de l’UE € 2 476 551,88

Coordonné par

POWERCON AS
Denmark

Objectif

PowerCon aims to pursue a major market opportunity by demonstrating and further commercializing a competitive Onshore Power Supply (OPS), to provide electricity for large sea-going vessels when at quayside in port. The OPS system not only reduces the consumption of fuel and the associated air pollution but also eliminates acoustic noise and vibrations from the running engines.

The structures behind the unfavourable operational and capital expenses have been hindering the deployment of OPS. Today’s high operational expenses are due to a tax disadvantage on shore side electricity compared with tax-free bunkerfuel available for ships. Because of this, the European Commission in 2007 opened up for exemptions from energy taxes for onshore power and some European countries (e.g. Denmark, Sweden and Germany) can now provide shore side electricity at reduced rate. The high capital expenses are seen as a consequence of the low competition and relatively few capable suppliers on the market causing a high bargaining power of the suppliers.

Comparable trends have been seen within the wind power segment in the past where, over time, the total cost of wind turbines has been lowered with great success to compete with fossil fuels. Danish SME PowerCon (PC) have for the last 7 years been part of this success, by adding significant savings into the wind power industry with competitive power solutions. More specifically, we have developed and are successfully commercializing a frequency converter for wind turbines, which is up to 50% cheaper than competing solutions. Now, we aim at bringing the same savings for the maritime sector by introducing a low cost OPS for ships, based on the technology we developed for wind turbines.

In LoCOPS Ph 2 project, we aim to demonstrate our technology in operational environment at the Port of Kristiansand,in Norway to prove that our technology will result in a positive business case for ports.

Champ scientifique

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › control systems
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › thermodynamic engineering
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › renewable energy › wind power
• social sciences › sociology › governance › taxation
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › air pollution engineering

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy Main Programme
• H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument

Thème(s)

• SMEInst-09-2016-2017 - Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon and efficient energy system

Appel à propositions

H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017

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Sous appel

H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017

Régime de financement

SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2

Coordinateur

POWERCON AS

• Contribution nette de l'UE: € 2 476 551,88
• Adresse: FABRIKSVEJ 6 PORT 9 ; 9560 Hadsund ; Danemark
• PME L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention. Oui:
  Région
  Danmark › Nordjylland › Nordjylland
• Région: Danmark › Nordjylland › Nordjylland
• Type d’activité: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Coût total: € 3 537 931,25