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Battery-powered ships next up in battle to tackle emissions

23rd August 2019

By: Bloomberg

  

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The electric battery boom has a new target – ships.

Four Japanese companies have teamed up to build the world’s first zero-emissions tanker by mid-2021 that will be powered by large- capacity batteries and operate in Tokyo Bay, according to a statement released last week. The new company, e5 Lab, is a venture between Asahi Tanker, Exeno Yamamizu, Mitsui OSK Lines and Mitsubishi.

The global maritime industry is facing an onslaught of legislation to improve its environmental performance. From next year, a majority of vessels will have to burn fuel containing less sulphur. A challenge requiring even more innovation, though, is a goal to halve shipping’s carbon emissions by 2050.

While fully electric ships have struggled to penetrate major markets, momentum is gathering. Rolls-Royce Holdings said last year that it had started offering battery-powered ship engines, while Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen is developing an electric container vessel. Still, there are challenges in making the technology applicable to ships navigating thousands of miles across oceans because of the need to recharge batteries.

Industries from auto to aviation are also looking to go electric. Komatsu, the world’s second-biggest construction equipment manufacturer, has developed its first battery-powered electric diggers. Electric-aeroplane company Eviation Aircraft, which has signed up its first customer, predicts that in a few years it may not be able to keep up with orders.

Edited by Bloomberg

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