Tag: Wärtsilä
Big Ferries Are Becoming Battery-First Systems
Ferries are public infrastructure that happen to float. They are marine buses, freight bridges, medical access routes, school links, tourism arteries, repair crew shuttles, food supply chains, and island lifelines. When they fail, communities notice at once. When fuel costs rise, farepayers and taxpayers notice soon after. That is why … [continued]
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Hybrid Electric Ships and the Alcohol Fuel Convergence
In recent weeks I have published on the end game economics of maritime fuels, why decarbonizing maritime shipping won’t be inflationary, and why most battery electric shipping studies were already obsolete. Those pieces generated a steady stream of questions that were more specific than the original arguments, as well as … [continued]
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New Passenger & Car Ferry From Incat Is 100% Electric
Incat in Tasmania has completed a battery electric fast ferry for service between Argentina and Uruguay, thanks to European technology.
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Why Simple Fuels Win at Sea: Assessing LNG SOFCs, Hydrogen, Sails, and CCS Against Practical Needs
I was recently asked by someone in the maritime industry whether Bloom Energy’s solid oxide fuel cells could play a real role in maritime propulsion. The question was prompted by the announcement from Ponant, GTT, and Bloom describing a concept cruise vessel for 200 passengers that would combine hard wing … [continued]
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Wärtsilä Energy Storage Announces GEMS Pulse, A Predictive Analytics Solution
Several months ago, when I conducted an interview about a new energy storage system in the Shetlands, I didn’t know the GEMS software was involved. By happy accident, it turns out Wärtsilä Energy Storage recently had some news about GEMS Pulse, so it was possible to do another one with … [continued]
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