Case studies
Illustrative examples on decarbonization measures, costs and regulations
- Alfa Laval
- Alternative Fuels
- Amsterdam
- Arctic
- Arenared
- Asia
- Australia
- Autonomous
- Ballard
- BAM
- Barge
- Batteries
- Battery Hybrid
- Biodiversity
- Biofuels
- Blog
- Bluewater
- BP
- Bulk Carrier
- Carbon Capture
- Case Study
- Cavotec
- CCS
- China
- Clean Shipping Act
- Climeon
- CMA CGM
- Combination Carrier
- Container Ship
- Corvus
- COSCO
- Cruise passenger
- Damen
- Decarbonizer
- Decarbonizer case study
- Digitalization
- Dredging
- Econowind
- Ecospeed
- Electrification
- Energy Major
- Engine
- ENI
- EOPSA
- Equinor
- EU
- Exhaust gas
- FAME
- Feeder
- Fishing
- Flind
- Floating Solar
- Fossil Fuels
- FuelEU
- Full Electric
- Gas Carrier
- GE
- General Cargo
- GoodFuels
- Green Hydrogen
- Hapag-Lloyd
- Harbor Tug
- HBE
- Heerema
- Hull Coating
- Hullvane
- HVO
- Hybrid
- Hydrogen
- IMO
- Industry
- Inland Waterways
- Inland Waterways General Cargo
- Inland Waterways Tanker
- InnovationQuarter
- Japan
- Knutsen
- Kongsberg
- KVNR
- Liquefied Gas Carrier
- LNG Carrier
- LPG Tanker
- Maersk
- Maritime Battery Forum
- Metasorbex
- Methanol
- Microgrids
- Miscellaneous
- Mobilyze
- Movie
- MSC
- Neste
- Netherlands
- North Star
- NorthVolt
- Norway
- NOx
- Ocean Sun
- Offshore
- Offshore Charging
- Offshore Construction Vessel
- Offshore Support Vessel
- Ore Carrier
- Ørsted
- Passenger Ship
- Plastic
- Port / Tugs
- Port of Auckland
- Port of Rotterdam
- Ports
- Project BOEI
- Provincie Zuid-Holland
- Pusher Tug
- Q&A
- QuantumScape
- Recycling
- Rijkswaterstaat
- Ro-Ro Ships
- Rotterdam
- Rules and Regulations
- Semi-Submersible
- SFC
- Shell
- Shipping Company
- Shore Battery
- Shore Power
- Shorelink
- Singapore
- Skoon
- Smart Vessel Optimizer
- Solar PV
- Solid-State Lithium
- Sparky
- Steel
- Stillstrom
- Subsea Industries
- Synthetic Fuel
- Talk with an Expert
- Tanker
- Tanker/Bulk Carrier
- Techbinder
- Techno-Economic Guide for Ship-Based Carbon Capture
- TotalEnergies
- Trailing Hopper Suction Dredger
- Trawler
- US
- Van Oord
- Wärtsilä
- Waste heat recovery
- Wattlab
- Wind
- Wind Power
- Yara
- Zero-Emission Vessel
Inside a Battery Container
The Corvus BOB (Battery On Board) is a standardized, class-approved, modular battery room solution available in 10-foot and 20-foot ISO high-cube container sizes. The complete system comes with battery, monitoring system, HVAC , TR exhaust, plus firefighting and detection system. The plug and play battery room simplifies integration into any system integrator’s power management system on board a ship. The battery cells have passive thermal runaway protection, and are type-approved according to DNV.
Maritime Battery Forum with Syb ten Cate Hoedemaker
During the lunch and learn, current forum Director Syb ten Cate Hoedemaker will exchange knowledge and experience from the usage of batteries within the shipping and offshore industries. You will learn which batteries will suit your vessel, plus discover the costs and payback for different operational modes. Which battery suits your vessel, your needs, your operational profile? This is the key question discussed in this lunch and learn with Maritime Battery Forum.
Battery for inland vessels
In February 2022, Skoon placed a battery system on Noordereiland for the Port of Rotterdam to boost shore power for stationary inland vessels. Addressing power shortfalls, the battery supported shore power cabinets, successfully delivering up to 63A without tripping fuses, benefiting both vessels and residents. This solution also enabled supplying power to larger ships, aligning with sustainability goals and showcasing potential expansion across the city center.
Wärtsilä 54 MW Power Barge
In 2020, Wärtsilä was awared a combined contract by Therma Marine Inc. (TMI) for a barge-mounted 54 MW / 32 MWh energy storage system. The power barge consists of ten Wärtsilä GridSolv Max systems, supported by the the GEMS energy management platform. Total costs of this power barge are estimated at €16M for the battery packs plus €8.1M for the power equipment excluding engineering and installation.
Battery Recycling, made by Northvolt
Northvolt has partnered with Hydro to establish a first-of-its-kind battery recycling facility. The recycling plant will come online in 2021 in Fredrikstad, outside of Oslo. At commissioning, the Hydro Volt plant will have initial capacity to process more than 8,000 tonnes of batteries per year – roughly the equivalent of 23,000 moderately sized EV batteries. Northvolt is aiming for 50% recycled material in new cells by 2030.
EV Battery Prices Plunge 89% in Ten Years
The price of a lithium-ion battery pack used to power an electric vehicle has plunged 89% in the last decade, from $1,100 per kWh to $137 per kWh. Marine batteries still cost significantly more, ranging between $800-$1,000 per kWh for retrofits to $500 per kWh for newbuilds. DNV expects the cost of batteries to be reduced by 56% by 2025.
Webinar - Kongsberg Hybrid Solutions
A webinar on hybrid propulsion systems for offshore giving an introduction to a selection of our hybrid battery solutions and the advantages they offer.
The Big Friendly Hybrid Giant
The North Sea Giant, a Norwegian offshore construction vessel, is the first DNV class-approved ‘hybrid’ DP3 vessel with three batteries on-board that have a total capacity of 2.034 kWh. The batteries have been installed in an upgrade and serve the purpose of spinning reserve, peak shaving and load leveling. Since then, fuel consumption is reduced in all operational modes with over 2 million liters of diesel per year, saving up to 30% fuel.
Batteries that charge up to 80% in 15 Minutes
Volkswagen-backed QuantumScape is building a solid-state lithium metal battery for electric vehicles that it says should allow a car to charge to 80% of its full capacity in 15 minutes.
Hurtigruten’s New Hybrid Ships
Designed in 2017 and launched in 2018, Hurtigreten has launched two new hybrid cruise vessels, the MS Roald Amundsen and MS Fridjof Nansen, that can sail fully electric for up to 30 minutes. Not only will it significantly reduce emissions, a hybrid system is also extremely quit. Arctic exploration has never been so much fun!
Tesla’s Battery Day from a Maritime Perspective
Using Tesla’s announcements of Battery Day, DNV expects the cost of batteries to be reduced by 56% (measured in $/kWh) by 2025. Worldwide, DNV predicts that passenger electric vehicles are likely to start outselling their internal combustion engine counterparts from 2032 onwards. In North America, Europe and China this will take place well before 2030. Tesla’s success could spill over from land-based vehicles into adjacent transport sectors. On the assumption of success on all fronts, Tesla will achieve the critical battery density for short range electric airplanes – namely 400 Wh/kg with high cycle life.
What are Solid-State Lithium-Metal Batteries?
Solid-state lithium batteries do not have a traditional anode, but one made up of pure lithium when charged.
Making the Impossible Possible
This blog sketches a vision on how to convert the largest crane vessel in the world - Sleipnir - owned by Heerema Marine Contractors, to a zero-emission vessel. Several promising carbon reduction measures are combined which are technically viable and based on matured technology including electrification and BES, solar panels, synthetic fuels, CCS and possibly hydrogen combustion.
Ørsted and Maersk to Test Offshore Vessel Charger
Maersk and Ørsted are building a ‘power-buoy’ that can act as both a mooring point and a charging station for vessels, enabling them to turn of their engines when laying idle.