The cruise line recently launched by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Voyages, will be the first to adopt Climeon Ocean technology that transforms low-grade energy into clean electricity.
The three cruise ships that are currently being built for Virgin Voyages by Fincantieri will all host the technology.
Climeon Ocean is a system that converts “cold” heat to electricity with over 10% efficiency at a 90C heat source and a 20C cold source. The solution can deliver up to 14% efficiency at 120C.
The system is expected to save approximately 5,400 tonnes of CO2 annually per ship. This is an amount that would take 180,000 trees 30 years to absorb.
Virgin Voyages’ first ship will arrive at PortMiami in 2020.
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