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The challenge is that container ships don't have a roof over the containers. You'd have to have shipping container sized solar banks placed on top of each cont
by Pxtl 10y ago
The challenge is that container ships don't have a roof over the containers. You'd have to have shipping container sized solar banks placed on top of each container, then wire them into the ship's power system. Every load and unload would add extra time spent unhooking, unloading, reloading, and reconnecting the solar roofs.
- D-Coder 10y ago4U solar banks (each one fits over four, or some multiple, of containers). Cuts the annoyance down a bit.
- ams6110 10y agoContainer ships also sail at night.
- jdblair 10y agoIts why this would purely speculative exercise would be hybrid - it would still need a diesel engine, it would just burn less fuel. Regardless, I expect the cost of running a ship's engine on bunker fuel is so low there's little incentive for this.