ZEMBA’s President and CEO Ingrid Irigoyen and Global Maritime Forum’s Jesse Fahnestock are both featured in this Fast Company piece. Read an excerpt below.
Charging a car, or electric vehicle, typically takes about 350 kilowatts. Charging an entire ocean freighter, or electric vessel, could take 20 megawatts, roughly 57 times more power.
It’s a striking difference in power and generating capacity, and illuminates the challenges and opportunities behind greening the freighters and container ships crisscrossing the earth’s oceans.
Across the Atlantic, maritime green energy provider NatPower Marine is developing the infrastructure to establish the world’s first operational electrified shipping corridor between Ireland and England. This includes electric boats and chargers and the renewable energy projects—which include wind, solar, and batteries—to power the vessels. Stefano Sommadossi, the firm’s CEO, said these kinds of advancements will help close a considerable gap in a clean-energy-powered supply chain. A handful of electric ships will start traversing this route in 2026.
3% of global emissions
“This is important,” Sommadossi said. “Imagine getting your Tesla car delivered, and then realizing it was shipped to you over the ocean using diesel fuel. I’m bringing you an energy-efficient vehicle with the worst kind of energy use.”…
Read the rest of the article on Fast Company’s website here.
