A maritime solar energy company in the Netherlands has just installed the world’s first full-scale solar energy system on a seagoing cargo ship making a great step forward for sustainable shipping.
The system was developed by Rotterdam-based clean energy specialist Wattlab. It was then fitted on the 7,280 deadweight ton (dwt) diesel-electric cargo vessel MV Vertom Tula, which is owned by maritime services operator Vertom Group.
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So this ship has ~80kW of solar, and maybe over 2,000 kW of diesel engine output. It seems we still have some way to go before we can fit enough solar on a ship to make any meaningful dent in the fuel consumption?
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A maritime solar energy company in the Netherlands has just installed the world’s first full-scale solar energy system on a seagoing cargo ship making a great step forward for sustainable shipping.
The system was developed by Rotterdam-based clean energy specialist Wattlab. It was then fitted on the 7,280 deadweight ton (dwt) diesel-electric cargo vessel MV Vertom Tula, which is owned by maritime services operator Vertom Group.
So this ship has ~80kW of solar, and maybe over 2,000 kW of diesel engine output. It seems we still have some way to go before we can fit enough solar on a ship to make any meaningful dent in the fuel consumption?