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Wind-solar retrofit project WHISPER wins EU funding

Wind-solar retrofit project WHISPER wins EU funding

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 10, 2023 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Renewables, Ship conversion/refit, Ship design, Ship propulsion, Shipping, WASP

The WHISPER project has been granted EUR 9.2 million in funding from Horizon Europe. Goal is to develop a fully modular retrofit solution, comprising a wind-solar hybrid power system and a tilting wingsail system to provide wind-assisted propulsion. WHISPER is a...
Bulk carrier retrofitted with hybrid and solar energy solution

Bulk carrier retrofitted with hybrid and solar energy solution

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 22, 2021 | Emissions, Energy transition, News, Ship propulsion, Shipping

Wärtsilä has installed a hybrid power system combined with a PV solar energy system on board the bulk carrier Paolo Topic, built in 2016. The installation was carried out at the Onomichi Dockyard in Japan and managed by Marfin Management. The combination with solar...
Approval in principle for rigid sails and solar panels

Approval in principle for rigid sails and solar panels

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 1, 2021 | News, Ship design, WASP

ClassNK has given an approval in principle to Eco Marine’s Aquarius Marine Renewable Energy solution. It concerns an advanced integrated system of rigid sails, marine-grade solar panels, energy storage modules, charging system and marine computers that allow the...
Test setup allows inland vessels to refuel hydrogen at solar island

Test setup allows inland vessels to refuel hydrogen at solar island

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 2, 2021 | News

SolarDuck and Voyex have revealed plans that allow ships to be powered by hydrogen and refuelled at seaworthy floating solar islands. A prototype of such a solar island will soon be on display on the river Waal near IJzendoorn, a Dutch first. The Province of...
Trial under way with solar panels on the hatches of an inland vessel

Trial under way with solar panels on the hatches of an inland vessel

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 7, 2020 | News

Shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards, hatchbuilder Blommaert Aluminium and solar energy specialist Wattlab have developed hatches with solar panels for inland vessels. Since this month, a first trial installation has been sailing through Europe. The consortium hopes the...
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