China has delivered the world's first 10,800-vehicle car carrier equipped with a solar power system, combining photovoltaic technology with LNG dual-fuel propulsion.
This power helps run the ship’s operations, lowering fuel use and making the ship more energy efficient.
This is textbook peak shaving. Not to mention the engineering feat of integrating solar with LNG for this cargo application.
Hopping into the comments to decry the ship for not doing full propulsion via solar just shows your ignorance. It’s like complaining about a hammer for not being able to screw in a fastener.
It’s just greenwashing. Companies do it all the time. Slapp some solar on it or use some insignificant amount of recycling and you got your press release which lazy journalist just have to copy. That lead to clickbait articles.
And if you’re being honest you’re just defending it because the “by China” in the title.
Soo, then why did you characterize the solar power as being inadequate for propulsion? That is a meaningless thing to point out - given how the solar is not intended for propulsion. What was your original point?
Nor does it even seem to cover a significant portion of auxiliary needs
Except it does.
This is textbook peak shaving. Not to mention the engineering feat of integrating solar with LNG for this cargo application.
Hopping into the comments to decry the ship for not doing full propulsion via solar just shows your ignorance. It’s like complaining about a hammer for not being able to screw in a fastener.
It’s just greenwashing. Companies do it all the time. Slapp some solar on it or use some insignificant amount of recycling and you got your press release which lazy journalist just have to copy. That lead to clickbait articles.
And if you’re being honest you’re just defending it because the “by China” in the title.
Accusations of greenwashing are different than accusations of bad engineering. That’s a different conversation.
This is an odd strawman to construct
The only ignorant person here my friend is you, nobody has said or suggested such a thing
Soo, then why did you characterize the solar power as being inadequate for propulsion? That is a meaningless thing to point out - given how the solar is not intended for propulsion. What was your original point?
You sound pretty mad bro