Comments on: Auriga Leader – World’s First Green Ship http://www.ecogreenprojects.com/2009/01/auriga-leader-%e2%80%93-world%e2%80%99s-first-green-ship/ Live Green, Live Friendly Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: JohnS http://www.ecogreenprojects.com/2009/01/auriga-leader-%e2%80%93-world%e2%80%99s-first-green-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1961 JohnS Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:10:17 +0000 http://www.ecogreenprojects.com/?p=114#comment-1961 I'm don't know how you can describe this as the 'World’s First Green Ship' when for thousands of years ships have sailed round the world powered only by the wind. It's a smallish car transporter that has enough PV panels bolted to its upper deck to generate just 0.2% of its energy from the sun. That isn't even enough to cover the auxilliary loads such as the electricity for lighting and other purposes; in fact it's only about 7% of this load, when the suns out. I’m don’t know how you can describe this as the ‘World’s First Green Ship’ when for thousands of years ships have sailed round the world powered only by the wind.

It’s a smallish car transporter that has enough PV panels bolted to its upper deck to generate just 0.2% of its energy from the sun. That isn’t even enough to cover the auxilliary loads such as the electricity for lighting and other purposes; in fact it’s only about 7% of this load, when the suns out.

]]> By: John http://www.ecogreenprojects.com/2009/01/auriga-leader-%e2%80%93-world%e2%80%99s-first-green-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1959 John Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:53:15 +0000 http://www.ecogreenprojects.com/?p=114#comment-1959 This is probably not for propulsion so much as for electrical power when in port. Things like diesel power generators on board ships, and trains and trucks transporting cargo to/from the ships, cause big pollution problems in and around ports. With major ports such as Los Angeles charging ever-higher fees for supplying electricity and hefty fines for excess emissions from on-board diesel generators I can see why shipbuilders are responding with equipment like this. If the ship can produce it's own emission-less power while in port then the ship owners can probably avoid paying a lot of money to the port while loading and unloading. This is probably not for propulsion so much as for electrical power when in port. Things like diesel power generators on board ships, and trains and trucks transporting cargo to/from the ships, cause big pollution problems in and around ports. With major ports such as Los Angeles charging ever-higher fees for supplying electricity and hefty fines for excess emissions from on-board diesel generators I can see why shipbuilders are responding with equipment like this. If the ship can produce it’s own emission-less power while in port then the ship owners can probably avoid paying a lot of money to the port while loading and unloading.

]]> By: Ships http://www.ecogreenprojects.com/2009/01/auriga-leader-%e2%80%93-world%e2%80%99s-first-green-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1957 Ships Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:28:57 +0000 http://www.ecogreenprojects.com/?p=114#comment-1957 Absolutely great innovation in ship-building. I hope that this innovation will be only the first step in using the solar energy in shipbuilding. Absolutely great innovation in ship-building. I hope that this innovation will be only the first step in using the solar energy in shipbuilding.

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