Cruise charging system used by one ship
When the cruise ship pier was renovated in 2017, $11 million was spent on an electrical charging station so that ships shouldn’t need to keep generators running while in harbour. But only one ship has ever used it. Seems most cruise companies are not in a hurry to adopt technologies that reduce emissions.
Max 16:23 on 2020-01-26 Permalink
I suppose it’s a matter of establishing a critical mass of shore power infrastructure. As long as most ports don’t have it on offer, ship operators won’t be willing to install and haul around the (expensive and heavy) transformers and switchgear and whatnot needed to make use of it.