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Brunvoll Mar-El will deliver the onshore charging system for the Bergen area fast ferries, more specifically on the Knarvik-Bergen and Kleppestø-Bergen routes.

Brunvoll Mar-El has earlier been contracted to deliver the electrical and hybrid system integration for the 3 ferries, and the contracts add up to both onboard and onshore system integration. 

Low-emission high-speed vessels

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 also being a ship-to-shore and quayside systems integrator. The facilities will be commissioned in 2024. 

Charging capacity

The Kleppestø solution will be delivered as a modularised container solution, with a complete technical room

The charging capacity will be 5 MW in Kleppestø and 4 MW in Knarvik, and 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. 

Optimal integration

Installation entails main switchboards and connection to the transformer station and the local power grid. 

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," says Helge Asle Lundeberg, Managing Director of Brunvoll Mar-El.

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