It is, according to Asbj\u00f8rn Halsebakke, general manager, Yaskawa Environmental Energy\/The Switch Norway, the key to \u2018future proofing\u2019 fleets.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody knows exactly what the future is going to bring in terms of energy sources, although we do know that, driven by regulations and the need for sustainability, the use of more environmentally friendly energy is imperative,\u201d said Mr Halsebakke.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlanning for an uncertain future in this regard is obviously problematic, so shipowners need to embrace a degree of flexibility. And that\u2019s exactly what our DC-Hub provides.\u201d<\/p>\n
Delivering flexibility<\/strong><\/p>\n The Switch\u2019s DC-Hub allows any potential power source to be easily connected to a vessel\u2019s DC grid.<\/p>\n This means shipowners can tailor the optimal energy mix for their purposes and, in Mr Halsebakke\u2019s words, be \u201cready for anything\u201d.<\/p>\n Alongside the technology\u2019s flexibility it offers simplicity \u2013 eliminating the need for a main AC switchboard. It allows vessel generators to run at optimal efficiency, as batteries take the strain of any necessary load changes.<\/p>\n Redundancy is provided by The Switch\u2019s unique Electronic Bus Link (EBL) breaker, a key component of the DC-Hub.<\/p>\n The Switch EBL recently successfully completed its first Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) in Trondheim, Norway, supervised by DNV-GL.<\/p>\n Yaskawa Environmental Energy \/ The Switch is currently in the process of developing its R&D capabilities to allow for drive train testing of up to 15 MW.<\/p>\n By Anne-Marie Causer via Maritime Journal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An international powerdrive expert has developed a maritime solution it believes provides shipowners with the flexibility to embrace any potential energy source while delivering optimal system redundancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,7],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-coastlink"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}