First dual-fuel retrofit currently readied to be initial vessel around the world to utilize SNG originated from renewable resource in progression of Maritime Energy Transition
GUY Energy Solutions and also Wessels Marine GmbH have actually introduced a technological display whereby the 2017-retrofitted ‘Wes Amelie’, a 1,036-teu feeder container ship, will certainly utilize melted SNG (Synthetic Natural Gas) generated from sustainable electric power as drop-in gas. The firms are working together on the Wes Amelie job with Nauticor, the LNG transport business, and also Unifeeder, the charter business.
To show that SNG can efficiently be made use of as delivery gas, 20 of the 120 lots of LNG that the Wes Amelie usually utilizes per big salami will certainly be changed by climate-neutral SNG. As an outcome, carbon dioxide exhausts are anticipated to decrease by 56 bunches for this journey.
Automobile supplier Audi’s Power- to-Gas center in Werlte, where a liquefaction plant is presently incomplete, will certainly supply the SNG, which will certainly be created by wind power and also is hence 100% climate-neutral. The SNG journey will certainly occur after the conclusion of the liquefaction plant in Q2 2020.
The Wes Amelie, had and also taken care of by Wessels Reederei (Haren/Ems), formerly made headings in 2017 when its guy 8L48/60B major engine was retrofitted to its existing, four-stroke guy 51/60DF system that makes it possible for dual-fuel procedure– the initial such conversion of its kind the globe had actually ever before seen.
Stefan Eefting– Head of Guy PrimeServ in Augsburg– stated: “This is another important milestone and proof of concept for the Maritime Energy Transition, the initiative we have been driving since 2016. We strongly believe that a roadmap based on LNG and SNG as fuels can lead the way to a decarbonised future for shipping and, in Wessels Marine, we have the perfect partner.”
“The Wes Amelie project has always been about demonstrating the technologically doable while pointing out the regulatory actions necessary to make it possible,” stated Christian Hoepfner, Managing Owner of Wessels Marine,Hamburg “The initial retrofit to LNG took support from the German Government to be financially viable, but it was a huge success for the environment in that it drastically reduced emissions. As a consequence, there now is a retrofit programme in place to make more retrofits happen.”
He proceeded: “In another world-first, we will now demonstrate that SNG can successfully be used to reduce harmful emissions even further as the fuel is climate-neutral. However the costs are still way too high. Going forward, governments and regulators will have to work together to make this a viable and available option for ship owners.”
Stefan Eefting included: “To bring down future emissions generated in the global-trade supply chain, synthetic fuels play a crucial role. Especially in shipping, the use of batteries alone is not a viable option and any successful decarbonisation efforts need to address the fuel. Power-to-X technology allows the generation of 100% climate-neutral natural gas from renewable energy. This technology has tremedous potential and needs to be freed from regulatory burdens and to be developed on an industrial scale to bring down costs.”
A leader of this modern technology, GUY Energy Solutions appointed the Werlte- based methanation plant, in collaboration with Audi, in 2013. While the 6 MW methanation system is still the biggest of its kind in Europe today, guy currently supplies a 50 MW EPC Power- to-X option to increase the generation of artificial gas: “We need Power-to-X out of the labs and into the market in order to produce more competitive, renewable fuels by using scaling effects”, ended Eefting.
The Maritime Energy Transition
GUY Energy Solutions thinks that it is time wherefore it calls a ‘Maritime Energy Transition’ to discover tidy, decarbonised services for seaborne profession and also transport. Essentially, it is the business’s phone call to activity to decrease exhausts and also develop gas as the gas of selection in international delivery. It highly advertises a worldwide ‘turn to gas’, driven by the IMO, and also an usual technique by the delivery sector and also national politics to buy framework growth and also retrofits.
“Industry and Government need to make an effort now and to invest in LNG infrastructure to free the way for SNG-based, climate-neutral shipping tomorrow”, endedEefting “Any LNG-retrofitted ship can also run on SNG – that’s what we want to demonstrate:”
To day, GUY Energy Solutions’ whole profile of dual-fuel engines has actually won nearly 400 jobs in overall, all working on tidy gas such as LNG and also LPG, testimony to its management within this essential market sector.
Wes Amelie conversion
The ship-owning business from Haren/Ems, Wessels Reederei, started the introducing conversion of the Wes Amelie to dual-fuel running in 2017. A turning point within the growth of the European container-feeder market, the conversion revealed that existing engines might be transformed to LNG procedure with an incredible result on exhaust discharges and also the setting.
GUY Energy Solutions reports that the retrofit allowed the Wes Amelie to considerably decrease its SOx exhausts by >> 99%, NOx by about 90%, and also carbon dioxide by approximately 20%. As an outcome, the vessel currently satisfies both Tier II and also Tier III discharge demands established by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
Sea News, November 9
