Island Crusader with battery pack mounted. [Photo: Ole-Ivar Guleng, PSW Power & Automation AS]
Ulsteinvik, Norway, headquartered offshore solutions vessel driver Island Offshore has actually granted Kongsberg Maritime an agreement to provide complete crossbreed battery services for 3 of its UT 776 CD-design Platform Supply Vessels, Island Crusader, Island Contender as well as Island Commander.
Two of the vessels, Island Crusader as well as Island Contender, are powered by a mix of Bergen LNG engines as well as Bergen Diesel engines, while the Island Commander is powered by 4 diesels. Island Crusader has actually been cruising on battery power given that very early summertime.
“Two of the vessels are already running on natural gas (LNG) or optionally MGO (Marine Gas Oil), and will now additionally have batteries and shore connection installed. This will contribute significantly to reducing emissions,” claims Tommy Walaunet, Managing Director of Island Offshore Management AS.
A battery pack can be made use of to offer extra capability as well as added security when the vessel is along with a gear, therefore conserving both gas as well as generator running hrs, notesIsland Offshore In enhancement the battery will certainly supply fast as well as efficient power throughout transportation, decreasing the demand to launch an added generator for peak tons. As the gas engines execute best when operating on continuous lots, the mix with batteries is perfect.
“The generators does most of the work while the battery absorbs the variations up and down, resulting in smooth sailing without the great need of extra engine power to handle head seas,” claims Walaunet.
All 3 vessels have actually been hired by Lundin Energy Norway on long-lasting agreements.
The vessels will certainly be furnished with battery containers put on a mezzanine deck aft of the wheel home, to stay clear of shedding useful deck room when functioning as supply vessels.
In enhancement, coast power links will certainly be mounted allowing the vessels to berth along with quays without utilizing engine power where coast side electric power is provided. In ports without coast power vessels can run in harbor setting, utilizing battery power just. This minimizes engine-running hrs dramatically, while decreasing the neighborhood ecological influence as well as well as gas prices. The generator will just launch when the batteries are released, in order to reenergize them.
“All three vessels have been chartered on long term contracts by Lundin previously, thus Lundin knows our vessels well,” claimsWalaumet “By further developing these vessels together with us, they show that they take their environmental responsibility seriously and wish to reduce their environmental footprint. This is also an important priority for us as shipowners.”
Island Crusader became part of solution on July 4, hired to sustain the gear West Bollsta, while Island Contender will certainly sustain Rowan Viking starting in the springtime of 2021. Island Commander is currently on agreement for Lundin, as well as will certainly maintain proceed sustaining the task on Edvard Grieg, as she does today, with a brand-new three-year charter starting in November.
KONGSBERG SERVICE
Kongsberg Maritime claims the service selected by Island Offshore will certainly run by means of a solitary feed from the ESS (Energy Storage System) to the major switchboard– with hands-on transition that will certainly make it possible for the drivers to cancel running hrs on generators– as well as a 600 kW twin coast link.
Kongsberg Maritime’s 8 meter/26 foot ESS 896 kWh deckhouse will certainly confine a criterion, type-approved, liquid-cooled container service with air-cooled SAVe Energy batteries.
Kongsberg’s range of supply will likewise include adjustments to every vessel’s major switchboard as well as K-Power EMS power monitoring system, in addition to an upgrade of the shps’ Acon automation as well as security system.
“The operational, financial and ecological benefits of hybridization based on our lithium-ion SAVe Energy modular energy storage system speak for themselves,” claims Gaute Aasen Augestad, Regional Sales Manager (EMEA),Kongsberg Maritime “Applying this concept to the PSV market sets an important precedent for the industry, and we’re pleased to have been entrusted with delivering this integrated technology package for these Island Offshore vessels.”
