Posted on 06/07/2023 7:21:24 AM PDT by dynachrome
Adventure cruise company Hurtigruten Norway today revealed plans for a zero-emissions electric cruise ship with retractable sails covered in solar panels, which is due to set sail in 2030.
The company currently has a fleet of eight ships, each with a capacity of 500 passengers, that travel along the Norwegian coast from Oslo to the Arctic Circle. Although a relatively small firm, CEO Hedda Felin hopes that this innovation “can inspire the entire maritime industry.”
The project, named “Sea Zero,” was initially announced in March 2022 and since then, Hurtigruten Norway, along with 12 maritime partners and Norway-based research institute SINTEF, has been exploring technological solutions that could help to achieve emission-free marine travel.
The zero-emissions ship's sails will retract so that the ship can pass under bridges, as shown here in a rendering.
The resulting design will run predominantly off 60 megawatt batteries that can be charged in port with clean energy, as renewables account for 98% of Norway’s electricity system. Gerry Larsson-Fedde, SVP of marine operations for Hurtigruten Norway, who came up with the idea of a zero-emission ship, estimates that the batteries will have a range of 300 to 350 nautical miles, meaning that during an 11-day round trip, one liner would have to charge around seven or eight times.
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Should be fun in a hurricane.
The thing looks like it’s making about two knots in calm, ice-free water. Good thing the weather’s always perfect in that part of the world.
That's for a a small cruise ship. And they have a backup engine in which they'll burn "green fuels"
Ironically most cruise ships are powered by electric engines/pods. Without longer floating extension cords, diesel generators are necessary. I suppose they could use solar or battery recharged in ports, but I wonder the impact heavy batteries necessary would have on speed and fuel consumption. And most of that electricity consumed in port is generated how?
Their circumstance is a bit different cruising in Scandanavia. Long days in summer, probably their busiest cruise season. Lot of renewable energy in Norway too. Ignoring the fact that it's 90% plus hydro which plenty of greens hate.
Which is why this will probably work out well. And the fact that it's a niche player.
They eventually did get control of the ship back. Good luck doing that with solar power.
-PJ
If Norway was in kalifornia they would be blowing all those dams to save the endangered spotted snail darter
Causing massive ecological disaster to “save” environment
Only leftist could use that logic
Was talking to a someone and got on the subject of electric cars, solar, wind
Showed him a picture of lithium mines and the carbon footprint of a wind turbine setup and that gasp it needed a whole bunch of oil to run…..
Deer in the headlight look, he really lost it when I called electric cars coal powered
When that ship catches on fire it will be epic
Maybe someone can make a meme with it towing a Honda generator
I can't imagine enough surface area on the ship to account for enough solar coming in to much, even if they're in at a latitude that averages 6 peak solar hours per day.
Bingo
What will happen when there is a week of heavy cloud cover?
So, a quick look at that picture would seem to indicate that the solar cells would produce enough electricity after gathering light for one entire day to drive the ship a mile or two. If they’re lucky.
Let them throw their money away.
Is it named the “Spruce Goose”?
Imagine the fire when the batteries explode!!!
The fire will still be going for years afterward on the seabed!! : )
The main feature on this ship is that it has the longest electrical extension cord in the world!
Better not get their batteries wet and if it catches fire you’ll be dead
wait till the batteries get a little salt water in them and go BOOOM
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