Application of Renewable Energy Technologies In Marine Vessels; State of the Art Review

Abstract

The constant push to reduce energy costs, combined with the growing urgency to address climate change and air quality degradation, has resulted in a significant shift in environmental awareness facilitated by the advent of tighter regulations and legislation. Energy conservation initiatives must be coordinated across all energy-intensive sectors, including industry and transportation (whether land, sea, or air modes are involved). Seaborne transport is generally recognized as a significant source of exhaust emissions, owing to the onboard combustion engines' primary fuel supply being heavy and light oil. As a result, scientific research efforts are concentrated on developing and implementing various technical and operational solutions for reducing ship exhaust emissions. Among these, the shipboard renewable energy technology implementation may be a realistic alternative given the ship's technical and operational requirements. Diverse emission control systems and procedures are required to rein in marine vessel greenhouse gas emissions. Renewable energy sources are now being investigated for their potential to reduce emissions from the maritime sector. Green energy options including renewable then alternative energy sources such as solar, wind power, supercharger capacitor, and energy storage system or battery integration of renewable systems can be implemented into current and new ships. We would want to focus our discussion to review various papers that are related to the application of renewable in marine vessels. To study the need for renewable energy in marine vessels. To find out the type of RES applicable to marine vessels. To find out how renewable energy sources can be applied in marine vessels. And also to find out various problems and solutions to the application of renewable to marine vessels. The introduction of some strong regulations against environmental pollution and its related issues in recent years has necessitated the need for renewable energy resources. Despite the heavy traffic of goods and services by the marine vessels, it has not been given the attention it deserved. The international maritime organization (IMO) is coming up with some measures to limit the amount of pollution caused by the use of fossil fuels in marine vessels. Solar PV and Wind energy are among the renewable energy source with a lot of potential for maritime vessels. In this review, we examine some of the applications of renewable energy sources that can be applied to marine vessels to minimize pollution rates.