Abstract
ABSTRACT In recent years, the inland river shipping industry in China has been facing the pressure to comply with ‘low carbon shipping’ policies. Solar energy as one of the most widely used new energy sources has attracted more and more attention in the shipping industry. In 2015, the researchers from Wuhan University of Technology have successfully applied solar energy in an inland river 800PCC (Pure Car Carrier) – ‘Anji204’. The present article described the photovoltaic (PV) generation system which was installed on board the ship and reported the results of actual navigation trials on the testing leg, Yangtze River. On the basis of the collected data, the main research purpose is to evaluate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and fuel consumption after introduced solar energy into ship energy system by using Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) analysis. The results show that the ship EEDI reduced from 55.09 g_CO2/ton·nmile to 52.02 g_CO2/ton·nmile, decreased by about 5.57%. In addition, it can reduce the fuel consumption by an average about 16 tons per year. Therefore, the utilisation of solar energy in ships can help the inland river shipping industry to meet the ‘low carbon shipping’ policies.
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