Brunvoll company Mar-El will deliver 9MW of onshore charging systems for the new fast ferries operating on the Knarvik-Bergen and Kleppestø-Bergen routes.
Brunvoll Mar-El was earlier contracted to deliver the electrical and hybrid system integration for the three ferries, and the contracts add up to both onboard and onshore system integration.
Helge Asle Lundeberg, MD Brunvoll Mar-El said: “Ferry operator Fjord1 is pleased to sign a common system integrator both onshore and onboard for these high-speed passenger vessels, and thus get optimal integration in the total system package.”
Brunvoll Mar-El is a systems integrator in the market for power and weight optimised low-emission high-speed passenger vessels. With the new contracts, Brunvoll Mar-El moves from only delivering systems for vessels, to being a ship-to-shore and quayside systems integrator. The facilities will be commissioned during 2024.
The charging capacity will be 5 MW in Kleppestø and 4 MW in Knarvik. The system at Kleppestø can in addition charge two vehicles simultaneously. The charging system will consist of charging inverters, cable towers with megawatt charging systems, and Brunvoll Mar-El’s control system which handles the charging sequences and monitoring of the system. The Kleppestø solution will be delivered as a modularised container solution, with a complete technical room and pre-installed switchboards. Installation entails main switchboards and connection to transformer station and the local power grid.
