Denmark\u2019s Port of Esbjerg has expanded its shore-to-ship power capacity to accommodate drilling rigs, allowing Maersk Drilling to connect its units to green power and shun fossil-fuel power altogether when docked. The unit is the first of its kind in Denmark where up to three rigs can be connected at the same time, the port said.<\/p>\n
The 2016-built jackup Maersk Highlander<\/span> is currently hooked up to shore-to-ship power at Doggerkaj at the port of Esbjerg. The power plant, which is the port\u2019s joint investment with the offshore driller, has a capacity of 1,300 Amp\/1.5 MW and can supply green power to up to three rigs, which require up to 10,000 kWh every 24 hours. The potential reduction of carbon emissions is said to be up to 500 tonnes of CO2 per month per rig, and emissions of SOx and NOx are also reduced.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n More and more customers ask for shore-to-ship power<\/p>\n \u201cMaersk Drilling is a first mover in the industry with the ambition to halve its carbon emissions intensity by 2030, and the use of shore-to-ship power contributes to this objective,\u201d said Claus Bachmann, head of the North Sea division at Maersk Drilling.<\/p>\n Many of the other ships at the port have had the option to connect to shore-to-ship power. Last year, the port inaugurated its first units, which allow docked vessels to run on renewable electricity from offshore wind turbines<\/a><\/span>, instead of using onboard diesel generators.<\/p>\n \u201cMore and more customers ask for shore-to-ship power, so for us, it\u2019s not just a matter of participating actively in the green transition, on which we\u2019re already heavily focused. It\u2019s also a commercial necessity, which is why we\u2019re in the process of installing more shore-to-ship power plants at the port, so even more of our customers have the opportunity to use green power,\u201d explained Dennis Jul Pedersen, CEO of Port of Esbjerg.<\/p>\n\n