Wireless high power battery charging for ships

In the coming years, significant reduction of emissions from maritime transportation will be required to fulfil national and international regulations, particularly for operation in costal and emission-sensitive areas. Successful application of battery s torage systems for zero-emission and plug-in-hybrid, battery-based, will require fast, safe and reliable power transfer from the onshore power system while the ship is docked. Especially for costal transportation, operating on a fixed schedule with short docking times, maximum utilization of the time available for charging will be important for reliable operation and effective utilization of the energy storage capacity. A possible solution to overcome the problems of conventional electrical connections f or high power battery charging in ship applications, could be to apply technology for wireless, inductive, power transfer. For addressing the challenges and limitations of existing solutions, the main idea behind this project is to develop the necessary technology for high power wireless, inductive charging of on-board battery storage in ship applications. This is possible due to the fast development of battery technology the resent years. Development of fast energy charging technology may be an enabler for battery technology as main propulsion power due to an economical battery sizing. In addition this solution may have the potential to serve as a future cold ironing technology. The project will be highly in line with the intensions of the Maritime 21 strategy and the priority area of efficient and environmental friendly energy utilization. The further demonstration of the technology for inductive charging will be organized as an extension of the ongoing "Folgefonn project ," and will be closely coordi nated with a project application to Transnova for large scale demonstration of the technology.