GE Vernova’s Power Conversion enterprise within the UK has been chosen by Team Resolute to produce superior hybrid propulsion know-how for 3 Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships for the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD).
Team Resolute is a consortium created by Spanish shipbuilder and protection firm Navantia, shipbuilder Harland & Wolff and naval architects BMT to ship the FSS program, for which Navantia UK, the UK subsidiary of Navantia, is prime contractor.
The 216-meter-long ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) might be designed with an emphasis on minimizing carbon emissions. Equipped with energy-efficient applied sciences to lower energy consumption, they are going to be adaptable to make use of low-carbon, non-fossil fuels and future sustainable power sources.
Under the contract, GE Vernova will design and manufacture SeaPulse Active Front-End (AFE) energy converters and Power Take-Off/Power Take-In (PTI/PTO) hybrid electrical induction motor-generators with resilient shock mounts and versatile coupling and hosing. The scope of GE Vernova’s contract additionally consists of commissioning, testing, sea trials, certification, and built-in logistics assist (ILS) companies to.
Delivery of GE Vernova’s electrical propulsion tools for the primary FSS ship is scheduled for 2025, with the second and third vessels deliberate for 2026 and 2027.
