Company insight
Saving fuel costs and the environment
The maritime industry is in many ways a conservative industry with large companies that have been active for a long time. But there are an increasing number of new players striving to become a major part of the global market. One such example is Climeon, an innovative company that has developed a new technology to turn engine waste heat into fuel savings. Its Heat Power systems turn waste heat into clean electricity on cruise ships around the world.
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ur technology can increase vessel efficiency by lowering fuel costs
and reducing the amount of sulphur and carbon dioxide emitted,” says Fredrik Thorén, head of maritime at Climeon. Climeon’s technology has been doing exactly that for cruise operator Viking Line since 2015. In 2020 the company received an order from Havila Voyages and passed sea trials for Virgin Voyages’ first ship, Scarlet Lady.
A couple of months into 2021, Climeon has just passed sea trials for the second Virgin Voyages ship, Valiant Lady, and joined forces with some of the most well- renowned maritime companies to fight emissions. Together with the University of Vaasa in Finland, the World Maritime University in Sweden, and global companies including Wärtsilä, Cargill, MSC Cruises, Lloyds Register, Silverstream Technologies, Hasytec, Deltamarin and BAR Technologies, Climeon will work to achieve emission- free shipping as part of the EU-funded Horizon 2020 research project CHEK.
Climeon’s waste heat recovery technology can increase the efficiency of cruise vessels by reducing fuel costs and emissions.
Influence the future
The entire maritime industry is under heavy pressure to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, but there is no single ‘silver bullet’ technology that can make the industry emission-free on its own. Instead, it’s a question of combining technologies and forces in order to achieve these goals.
The CHEK project plans to develop two ship designs – a wind power-optimised bulk carrier and a hydrogen-powered
“By being part of [EU-funded research project] CHEK, we get the opportunity to influence the ships of the future and work together with some of the industry’s most reputable companies.”
The project aims to reach this zero- emissions target by changing the way ships are designed and operated. “We’re proud to part of the CHEK consortium. The list of participants really shows the broad commitment in the industry to reducing emissions and addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals,” Thorén explains.
cruise ship. They will be equipped with a combination of innovative technologies, including Climeon’s waste heat recovery system, hull air lubrication, anti-fouling technology and digital operational improvements. The goal is to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 99%, achieve at least 50% energy savings and reduce black carbon emissions by over 95%.
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Rather than adding new technologies to existing vessel designs, the consortium will develop a unique future-proof vessel design platform. This will allow the results to be replicated with other types of vessel such as tankers, container ships, general cargo ships and ferries. Together, these cover over 93% of global shipping tonnage and are responsible for 85% of global greenhouse gas emissions from shipping. “By being part of CHEK, we have the opportunity to influence the ships of the future and work together with some of the industry’s most reputable companies. The project will also make our contribution to the maritime industry’s efficiency index known,” Thorén says. Climeon’s role in CHEK is to model and demonstrate the performance of a waste heat recovery system at operating points identified within the project. The results will help form a new waste heat recovery strategy and improve the understanding of system and component behaviour under the studied operating conditions. The project is expected to start in June 2021. ●
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