Photovoltaics for cargo ships

Wattlab has installed a PV system capable of delivering up to 35 kW to a cargo ship's high-voltage propulsion system, allowing it to temporarily replace one of four diesel generators under optimal conditions. From pv magazine Germany A PV system has gone into operation on a new cargo ship developed by HGK Shipping and Salzgitter AG, supplying power directly to the vessel's propulsion system. A total of 192 solar modules provide electricity to both the onboard low-voltage system and the high-voltage propulsion unit. Wattlab, a Dutch solar company, said that this is the first PV system in the ...

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