A total of seventeen shore power projects will receive almost NOK 143 million (about $13.6 million) in support from Enova, a Norwegian government enterprise, in the latest round of investments in the electrification of maritime transport.
With the award in this round, Enova has supported onshore power plant projects with over one billion Norwegian kroner since 2016, when the state enterprise began supporting cold ironing.
“Enova has contributed to the establishment of a market for onshore electricity and a publicly accessible infrastructure. This has resulted in reduced greenhouse gas emissions and better working conditions when the ships are docked. A functioning market for shore power is now in the process of being established, and then it is right to use our funds in other areas,” Rune Holmen , head of maritime transport at Enova, commented.
As informed, Enova is funding onshore power projects in Vestland, Troms and Finnmark, Vestfold and Telemark, Rogaland, Trøndelag, Møre and Romsdal and Agder.
86 projects completed
The support program has had one to three application deadlines a year since its introduction. 131 onshore electricity projects have been awarded support, and 86 have already been completed.