Review article

HIGH VOLTAGE SHORE CONNECTION IMPLEMENTATION IN CROATIAN PORTS

Aleksandar Cuculić orcid.org/0000-0002-2370-3249 ; Faculty of Maritime Studies Rijeka
Dubravko Vučetić ; Faculty of Maritime Studies Rijeka
Vinko Tomas ; Faculty of Maritime Studies Rijeka

Abstract

Strict environmental regulations and increasing fuel oil price encourage the use of High Voltage Shore Connection, also referred to as Cold Ironing. It is becoming very attractive to the ship owners, offering an alternative for burning expensive low sulphur fuel in the European Community and Emission Control areas ports. The possibility of High Voltage Shore Connection implementation in Croatian ports is analysed on the example of Dubrovnik and Rijeka, using the available data from port statistics and development plans. The required power per berth is determined to be 15 MVA in Dubrovnik and 7.5 MVA in Rijeka. Due to the requirement for frequency converters and insufficient capacity of the existing power supply lines in the harbours, relatively high implementation costs can be expected. To determine the justifiability of High Voltage Shore Connection installation, external costs, which present a monetary equivalent of the harm done to the local community by ship emissions, has to be known. Therefore, it is necessary to implement proper pollutant measurement techniques in harbour areas, in order to determine the share of ship emissions in national emission inventory in accordance with the recommendations of the European Environment Agency.

Keywords

high voltage shore connection; cold ironing; ship; port; pollution; ecology

Hrčak ID:

104005

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/104005

Publication date:

17.6.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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