Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the Nippon Oil Corp will begin conducting joint trials in 2009 to determine whether solar panels can power large ships.
The two companies recently agreed to jointly develop a solar powered system for vessels to help cut down carbon emissions. The trials will use an NYK car carrier capable of carrying 6,400 cars. Solar panels capable of generating up to 40kW of power (0.2 percent of the ship’s total energy consumption) would be installed on the deck. Vice President of Nippon Oil Ikutoshi Matsumura said the company targets to make the system commercially available in five years. He said the company hopes solar power will eventually provide as much as 25 percent of electricity used by a ship’s engine.
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