The world’s first offshore charging points for electric vessels will be installed on the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farms off the UK around late summer, according to the Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom.
The project to develop an offshore wind on-turbine electrical vessel charging system is led by MJR Power & Automation and also includes Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, XceCo Ltd, Artemis Technologies Ltd, and Tidal Transit Limited.
The partners secured the UK government funding for the project back in September 2021 as part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, funded by the UK Department for Transport and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK.