Trelleborg looks to achieve self-sufficiency

The 120 metre high turbines, producing around 15 million kWh per year, will help the port – Scandinavia’s largest in terms of RoRo traffic – achieve its goal of energy self-sufficiency.

“We are very much looking forward to a such experienced company as Enercon to build our wind turbines,” said Ulf Sonesson, landlord at the Port of Trelleborg.

“The new wind turbines, together with the Port of Trelleborg’s own solar park of 2,200 square metres, will produce more green energy than we consume,” he added.

Achieving net-zero

The port aims to reach net-zero by 2040 through the transition to greener fuels such as hydrogen and by creating a charging infrastructure running on energy from renewable sources.

Plans for all vessels to use shoreside power from 2030 will mean a significantly higher energy consumption.

The wind turbines will be situated on the 500m quay and are expected to be ready at the end of 2024. The groundwork will start in the spring of 2024 with delivery of the turbines expected in late summer.

The wind turbines are one of the activities in the port’s EU project ‘Green FIT 2025’ which is co-financed by the European Union.