Protacon hybridizes maritime industries to meet EU goals
Maritime industries are slowly following the example set by the car industry. Petrol
and diesel cars came before hybrid vehicles. Now the EU is aiming to significantly
decrease emissions by, among other things, employing more battery technology.
Thanks to decreased prices, even bigger ships can now utilise batteries.
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hese decisions push manufacturers to design and build more EXPERTS HELPING TO CUT EMISSIONS
environmentally friendly ships in the EU, but also put pres- Protacon’s areas of expertise include electric propulsions, auto-
sure to update existing vessels. More efficient methods of energy matic and power management systems, control unit deliveries
must be invented. and maintenance services. Hybrid solutions as well as battery data
Using battery technology to hybridise existing vessels saves
analysis have now been added to our services.
petrol and increases operational flexibility with varying loads. Bat- The research vessel Aranda is already using battery tech-
tery technology makes it possible to obtain an easily adjustable nology delivered by Protacon. The International Maritime Organ-
source of energy. It can be used to momentarily produce more isation (IMO) has decided to cut emissions from maritime indus-
power without starting the vessel’s generators for i.e. electric pro- tries by 50% by 2050, which is in line with EU goals. One way
pulsion or deck systems. Large enough battery equipment could to build greener vessels is battery technology – and Protacon is
operate entire vessels. here to help. n
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