Greg Atkinson
Eco Marine Power - Director, Research & Development
Director at Eco Marine Power Co Ltd. A Fukuoka, Japan, based company involved in the development of eco-friendly marine power and propulsion. Current projects include the Aquarius wind and solar power system for ships, the Tonbo hybrid marine power ship and Medaka eco-solar ferry.
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Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd
Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd. (EMP) is an internationally focused technology company based in Fukuoka, Japan, that develops and promotes innovative eco-friendly solar, wind and electric marine power & propulsion...
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Aquarius Eco Ship
Posted Jan 29, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Project Summary
The Aquarius Eco Ship is a concept design project that is studying how ship designs and associated system can be modified to best use wind & solar power as a source of renewable energy by incorporating the Aquarius MRE System. This project was started in May 2011 and the first details of the Aquarius Eco Ship were released on 3oth January 2012. Issues that are being looked into include power management systems, solar cell technology, energy storage and control systems engineering.
Project Description
The centre piece of the Aquarius Eco Ship is the Aquarius MRE System – an innovative fuel saving and emission reduction technology that incorporates a variety of elements including solar panels, energy storage modules, a computer control system and an advanced rigid sail design.
This green shipping focused solution has been designed to be highly flexible and configurable so that it can installed on variety of ship sizes and types. Applications for the system include bulk carriers, oil tankers, survey ships, passenger ferries & even unmanned surface vessels.
In addition to the Aquarius MRE System, a future Aquarius Eco Ship would be fitted with other fuel saving measures such as an advanced electrical propulsion system, an optimised hull design and waste heat recovery technologies. Fuel cell technology could also be incorporated into the design.
This combination of technologies could lead to fuel savings of 40% or more and also dramatically reduce the emission of noxious gases such as Sulphur Oxides (SOx) & Nitrogen Oxides (NOx). In addition the use of renewable energy would reduce the vessels carbon footprint.
An Aquarius Eco Ship could include enough solar panels for 1MWp solar system or larger and enough energy storage modules so that the ship would not need to use auxiliary diesel generators whilst in port. These energy storage modules could be charged via the solar panels or by the ships main generators.
Figure 1 Aquarius Eco Ship by Eco Marine Power
For more information about this project please see our Aquarius Eco Ship webpage.
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