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The new charging tower at the Port of Puttgarden is now ready to receive Scandlines ferries.
The enabling process involved laying 11 kilometers of electric cable from a transformer station in Burg to the ferry terminal in Puttgarden to establish the necessary 15 MW connection capacity at the port.
With the cables laid and the tower built, it is ready to supply power to the new freight ferry The Baltic Whale, as well as to the other ferries, as they are converted into plug-in hybrid vessels.
This means that ferries can now be charged on both sides of the Fehmarn Belt. As a result, the charging time for The Baltic Whale is reduced to only 12 to 15 minutes in each port. At the same time, the ferry can operate more frequently between Puttgarden and Rødby, powered by electricity.
Until now, the ferry has operated on two and three-hour rotations, and now it sails regularly every two hours, six days a week, 24 hours a day. And best of all, The Baltic Whale completes the crossing in just 45 minutes, exactly like the other ferries on the route.
"We want to extend a big thank you to the European Union, which co-financed the investments in the shore power connection in Puttgarden, including the expansion of the electricity grid, under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport. Also, thanks to Schleswig-Holstein Netz for the great effort made in creating the infrastructure for our charger," Scandlines communicated.
