MOL deploys solar on board car carrier

Sustainability

Friday, June 29, 2012

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has completed its new “hybrid” car carrier, Emerald Ace , which relies heavily on solar energy to generate zero emissions. The vessel is equipped with a hybrid electric power supply system that combines a 160 kilowatt solar system – jointly developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Panasonic Group, and MOL – with lithium-ion batteries that can store about 2.2 megawatt-hours of electricity. Electricity is generated by the s...

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