Proud of our team — Walstroom

We are so proud of our team! We tested and inspected the last cabinet for the Shorepower/shore power project in Germany. It will be delivered to a beautiful location in Germany next week. The last cabinet is part of a major Walstroom project for which we were the only one in Europe to obtain the Eichrecht certificate.

What is the Eichrecht?
The German National Metrology Institute (PTB) has awarded Seijsener the “Baumuster testing” awarded for Seijsener's shore power cabinets. This makes the Dutch company the first manufacturer of shore-based power for ships in Europe that have received this' Eichrecht 'certificate. In cooperation with partner Ease2Pay both hardware and software have been developed in such a way that Seijsener guarantees its customers a fair, transparent and traceable transaction.

What does this mean?
In the Netherlands, every electric car owner will undoubtedly recognize the following scenario. Your battery needs to be charged urgently and you are looking for the nearest public charging point. Finally, you plug in the car and start charging with a charge card. At the end of the month, you will receive an invoice stating how much power and at what price per kWh you have consumed at the respective charging point. In Germany, however, this works differently. There, information collected during a charging session must be highly detailed and transparent to the user. This means that the meter has to meet quite a few requirements.

Is the meter reading accurate, are the meter readings and transferred securely, and is the invoice that the user receives for a power supply correct? In Germany, power supplies such as car charging points and shore power cabinets must be arranged in such a way that the user can be sure that these 3 points are perfectly regulated. As such, e-mobility facilities may only be installed there if they fully comply with strict German calibration laws. For charging electric cars, a number of parties in Germany can already offer calibration-compliant charging. On the other hand, no calibration-compliant facilities were yet available for shore power cabinets, partly because there are a number of additional requirements for shore power supplies compared to the charging infrastructure of cars.

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