A major East Coast port finally wakes up to the environmental benefits of cold ironing. Granted, running an idle ship off shore-side electricity is pretty energy intensive. But it pails in comparison to letting the ship’s diesel engines keep on humming:
Broward County Commissioner Kristin D. Jacobs said that by shutting down the engines and using electric shore-side power on the Oasis-class ships, which will be the two largest cruise ships in the world, each ship will experience annual reductions of 40.9 percent less CO2 emissions, 97.7 percent less nitrogen oxide emissions, 95.2 percent less sulfur dioxide emissions, and 88.1 percent less particulate matter.
More on cold ironing here.
Nick Chipperfield // Jun 17, 2009 at 7:23 am
Hi Brenden,
Good to see cold ironing attracting some attention.
For more information about what’s going on with the technology – in this case on the West coast – have a look at: http://blog.cavotec.com/177/amp%e2%84%a2-success-for-post-panamax-vessel-at-the-port-of-los-angeles/
Cavotec first helped install Alternative Maritime Power (AMP™) systems in Sweden back in 1984.
Cheers, Nick Chipperfield