The primary cruise ship on the planet to check a small hydrogen gas system at sea has been delivered at Fincantieri shipyard in Italy.
The Viking Neptune was delivered to Viking on November tenth. Though comparable in each method to different Viking ocean ships, this vessel is using one thing very completely different that would assist form the way in which operations are powered on cruise ships.
The small hydrogen gas cell on Viking Neptune has a nominal energy of 100 kW and is getting used as a take a look at to see how hydrogen gas can be utilized at a larger scale going ahead.
“We’re particularly proud to welcome this latest sister ship to our ocean fleet, because it additionally marks a big development in testing hydrogen as a future gas for our vessels,” stated Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking. “We look ahead to welcoming friends on board the Viking Neptune subsequent week. She is the 15th new ship we have now added to our general fleet this yr, one other vital milestone as we proceed the celebration of our 25th anniversary.”
The brand new ship would be the eighth ocean ship added to the fleet, the earlier being Viking Mars.
Initially, the 47,800 gross ton ship will sail itineraries within the Mediterranean. However then Neptune will sail on Viking’s World Cruise itinerary, crusing from Fort Lauderdale to London on a 138 day journey.
Slight modifications needed to be made to Viking Neptune in comparison with earlier ocean ships with the road to be able to accommodate area for the hydrogen gas tank.
This preliminary step in utilizing hydrogen gas is one step nearer to using a hydrogen-based era system with a complete of roughly 6-7 MW of energy in future setups.
Viking’s ninth ocean ship, Viking Saturn, is the subsequent scheduled to affix the fleet in early 2023, and can spend her inaugural season crusing three new Scandinavian and Nordic itineraries.
