Ouagadougou energy storage battery shipping line

Are battery-electric ships a viable option for maritime shipping?

The maritime shipping industry is heavily energy-consuming and highly polluting, and, as such, is urgently seeking low-emission options. Here the authors examine the feasibility of battery-electric ships and show that the battery price declines could facilitate the electrification of short to medium-range shipping.

Should battery-electric ships have dual-fuel capabilities?

One advantage of having dual-fuel capabilities is that these battery-electric ships could serve as large emergency back-up power plants during increasingly common extreme events leading to power supply disruptions. For example, battery-electric ships modelled in this paper will have 5–10 GWh of storage capacity.

Is a battery-electric containership economically feasible?

We quantify economic feasibility through a TCP framework, whereby a battery-electric containership is compared to a reference ship with a two-stroke ICE fuelled by HFO with an onboard scrubber system for compliance with IMO sulfur emissions regulations.

Could offshore charging be a solution to global ship traffic?

Offshore charging in ports and along shipping trade routes could facilitate collocation of charging stations with renewable generation sources, eliminate direct emissions and alleviate range constraints. Two-thirds of global ship traffic occurs within 370 km of the shore, where wind potential is highest 67, 68.

What if a battery-electric vessel was charged with China's Coal-reliant grid?

A battery-electric vessel charged with China’s coal-reliant grid would yield a 4% SO 2 reduction over VLSFO and 77% over HFO. c, For NO x, a battery-electric vessel charged in the US yields 83% and 96% reductions over VLSFO and HFO, respectively. A vessel charged in China would yield NO x emissions reductions of 42% over VLSFO and 88% over HFO.