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Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
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Energies 2023, 16(2), 641; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020641
Submission received: 13 December 2022 / Revised: 28 December 2022 / Accepted: 2 January 2023 / Published: 5 January 2023
(This article belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)

Abstract

The application of newly available technologies in the green maritime sector is difficult due to conflicting requirements and the inter-relation of different ecological, technological and economical parameters. The governments incentivize radical reductions in harmful emissions as an overall priority. If the politics do not change, the continuous implementation of stricter government regulations for reducing emissions will eventually result in the mandatory use of, what we currently consider, alternative fuels. Immediate application of radically different strategies would significantly increase the economic costs of maritime transport, thus jeopardizing its greatest benefit: the transport of massive quantities of freight at the lowest cost. Increased maritime transport costs would immediately disrupt the global economy, as seen recently during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the industry has shifted towards a gradual decrease in emissions through the implementation of “better” transitional solutions until alternative fuels eventually become low-cost fuels. Since this topic is very broad and interdisciplinary, our systematic overview gives insight into the state-of-the-art available technologies in green maritime transport with a focus on the following subjects: (i) alternative fuels; (ii) hybrid propulsion systems and hydrogen technologies; (iii) the benefits of digitalization in the maritime sector aimed at increasing vessel efficiency; (iv) hull drag reduction technologies; and (v) carbon capture technologies. This paper outlines the challenges, advantages and disadvantages of their implementation. The results of this analysis elucidate the current technologies’ readiness levels and their expected development over the coming years.
Keywords: maritime sector; reducing emissions; digitalization; hybrid propulsion systems; hydrogen technologies maritime sector; reducing emissions; digitalization; hybrid propulsion systems; hydrogen technologies

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Vidović, T.; Šimunović, J.; Radica, G.; Penga, Ž. Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector. Energies 2023, 16, 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020641

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Vidović T, Šimunović J, Radica G, Penga Ž. Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector. Energies. 2023; 16(2):641. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020641

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Vidović, Tino, Jakov Šimunović, Gojmir Radica, and Željko Penga. 2023. "Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector" Energies 16, no. 2: 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020641

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Vidović, T., Šimunović, J., Radica, G., & Penga, Ž. (2023). Systematic Overview of Newly Available Technologies in the Green Maritime Sector. Energies, 16(2), 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020641

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