Renewables for ferry
Eco Marine Power, a marine renewable energy technology company based in Japan, has announced that it has begun a project to jointly deploy and evaluate with Blue Star Ferries of Greece, a range of technologies for shipping including the Aquarius Management and Automation System (MAS) with an integrated marine solar power system.
The project will evaluate in stages, a number of innovative solutions developed by Eco Marine Power (EMP) and its strategic partners on-board the Blue Star Delos – a modern high speed passenger and car ferry owned and operated by the multi-award winning Greek shipping company – Blue Star Ferries of Athens, Greece – a member of Attica Group.
During the initial stages of the project and in a world first on-board a ship, a marine solar power system using flexible lightweight marine grade panels from Solbian Energie Alternative will be integrated with the Aquarius MAS and real time performance monitoring of the solar power array will be conducted.
This system has been specifically developed by EMP & KEI System Ltd. of Osaka, Japan, to allow for renewable energy systems to be integrated into a common platform which can also be used to monitor other systems on ships such a main engines, generators and pumps.
By Jake Frith
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