A PAPER in Berlin's Nature Energy journal claims that 40 per cent of shipping lanes today could be electrified in an economically viable manner, reports London-based Wonderful Engineering.
Researchers claimed to be able to come to this result after modeling five to 10 Gigawatt hours of electrified containerships.
This was found in research conducted by teams from the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
The research shows that electrified containerships have an economic advantage over those powered by internal combustion engines.
'Past studies on ship electrification have relied on outdated assumptions on battery cost, energy density values and available on-board space. We show that the electrification of intraregional trade routes of less than 1,500?kilometres is economical, with minimal impact to ship carrying capacity,' said the paper in Nature Energy.
The paper is entitled 'Rapid battery cost declines accelerate the prospects of all-electric interregional container shipping'.
Research is based on computer modelling of the performance of the 120-TEU Yara Birkeland an autonomous vessel carrying chemicals and fertilisers on 13-kilometre voyages in Norway.
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Researchers claimed to be able to come to this result after modeling five to 10 Gigawatt hours of electrified containerships.
This was found in research conducted by teams from the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
The research shows that electrified containerships have an economic advantage over those powered by internal combustion engines.
'Past studies on ship electrification have relied on outdated assumptions on battery cost, energy density values and available on-board space. We show that the electrification of intraregional trade routes of less than 1,500?kilometres is economical, with minimal impact to ship carrying capacity,' said the paper in Nature Energy.
The paper is entitled 'Rapid battery cost declines accelerate the prospects of all-electric interregional container shipping'.
Research is based on computer modelling of the performance of the 120-TEU Yara Birkeland an autonomous vessel carrying chemicals and fertilisers on 13-kilometre voyages in Norway.
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