They are now finding out that there isn't all that much sunshine on the route from Japan to Long Beach. Also, what percent of the total average electrical load is 40 KW? On my ship, that would hardly move the needle. I can't remember the load of a car carrier, but we run about 1 MW all the time on our containership (1,000 KW) so the solar isn't really a big help on the best of days.
They are now finding out that there isn't all that much sunshine on the route from Japan to Long Beach. Also, what percent of the total average electrical load is 40 KW? On my ship, that would hardly move the needle. I can't remember the load of a car carrier, but we run about 1 MW all the time on our containership (1,000 KW) so the solar isn't really a big help on the best of days.
Anabasis75 9 months ago