Recipients from the renewables, carbon capture and transport sector are to share around €3.4Bn (US$3.8Bn) in funding support through the reinvestment of revenue from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).
Stillstrom has been selected to build and install an ‘Offshore eCharger,’ enabling fully-electric SOVs to charge at offshore windfarms.
SOV operations typically account for 15-20% of the total greenhouse gas emissions across the lifecycle of an offshore windfarm. By replacing marine gas oil with electricity delivered by a windfarm, electric SOVs offer the potential to almost entirely eliminate these service-vessel-related emissions.
“The real significance of this award lies in what it says about the direction of the market,” said Stillstrom. “By securing investment and endorsing our Offshore eCharger programme, it signals to vessel operators and windfarm developers that offshore charging infrastructure is moving from an emerging concept towards a technically and commercially viable solution for the industry.
“This is about taking offshore power and charging out of the test phase and into commercial operation at a working windfarm. It is an important step towards making offshore charging a practical and scalable solution for the industry.
“Being selected for support from the EU Innovation Fund is an important recognition of the technology’s potential and the role it can play in accelerating the decarbonisation of offshore operations.”
The company describes the 8-MW charger as a ‘first-of-its-kind’ system, built from components supplied by proven manufacturers and designed for safe, reliable, independently qualified operation.”
In early November 2026, the company said it had also completed the build and factory acceptance testing of a proprietary vessel container unit (VCU), its connection solution that enables an SOV to charge its batteries directly from an offshore windfarm.
The containerised VCU houses an 11 kV connector package. Its modular construction allows bow, stern or underdeck connection and is designed to provide a seamless charging and control interface with the vessel.
Housed in its own container, the unit can be integrated on newbuild and retrofitted vessels alike and moved from one vessel to another where onboard cabling permits. Once connected, the VCU integrated funnel enables the vessel to charge at an optimum heading, providing the dynamic positioning operator with total control over charging and disconnection operations.