GE and the C-MAR Group will team up to create a new hybrid tugboat technology designed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.
GE and the C-MAR Group unveiled its alliance during the International Tug & Salvage Convention, an industry trade show being held in Singapore. GE will provide a packaged hybrid propulsion system that will feature its V228 or V250 medium-speed diesel engines, a generator and a new generation of batteries. GE’s V228 or V250 medium-speed diesel engines range in power from 1,400 hp/1,004 kW to 5685 continuous hp/4239 kW.
The C-MAR Group will provide the architectural design, the vessel’s power and control systems, propulsors and overall project management of the boat. GE and the C-MAR Group are now in talks with a variety of potential customers, including port authorities, which are interested in this unique hybrid tug technology.
Applying hybrid technology on tugboats
“The project is meant explore the viability of applying ‘green’ hybrid technology to the tugboat industry, with possible far-reaching applications in other sectors of the maritime industry. We believe there is strong demand for a hybrid technology to improve fuel efficiency and to help customers comply with increasingly stringent emissions regulations. By combining our core expertise, GE and the C-MAR Group can effectively meet customer needs with this new hybrid tug,” said John Manison, manager of GE’s marine and stationary power business in Erie, Pennsylvania.
According to Ron Murray, President of C-MAR America Inc., Houston, Texas, the C-MAR Group is one of the world’s most innovative and dynamic companies in the marine service industry and enjoys working with GE in developing new hybrid solutions for offshore propulsion systems. “Our hybrid tug exemplifies the newest technologies available in marine power systems and tugboat design as well as making a positive contribution to saving energy and reducing emissions,” Murray added.
Through its company-wide Ecomagination initiative, GE has been investing and perfecting hybrid technologies for more than thirty years. Last year, the company unveiled the Evolution Hybrid locomotive with which the company demonstrated the progress made in developing a freight hybrid locomotive that is capable of recycling thermal energy as stored power in on-board batteries.
Source: https://www.marinelink.com/Story/ShowStory.aspx?StoryID=211842[Marine Link.com]
Picture: V250 medium-speed diesel engine (https://www.getransportation.com/in/en/v250.html[GE])
