Path to zero emissions? Leave room for larger batteries
21 Mar 2023
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Offshore charging
Meantime, the next big thing in ESS could be offshore charging. In early 2023, a powerful Norwegian-driven consortium launched a three-year project that aims to develop zero-emission solutions to connect vessels to the power grid in the windfarm itself. Funded by the Norwegian government to the tune of Nrk38M [US$3.6M], the Ocean Charger programme would mean batteries are recharged at sea without the use of fossil fuel. It would apply to a wide variety of vessels, including OSVs. The official aim is to “power operations at the field, without using any additional energy sources.”
Lead by Vard Design, the project involves other Norwegian heavyweights in the pursuit of zero-emissions for OSVs and other vessels. The collaboration comprises Rem Offshore, which has a fleet of OSVs, Solstad Offshore, the not-for-profit Sintef Energi, Norwegian Offshore Wind and Marine Energy Test Centre, energy giant Equinor, Ireland’s renewables group Source Energie, US hydrogen fuel-cell manufacturer Plug Power, Marine Energy Test Centre, University of Bergen, the Maritime Cleantech cluster, and Norse Research, which runs thousands of maritime consultancy projects around the world.
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