Techno-economic assessment of advanced fuels and propulsion systems in future fossil-free ships

A.D. Korberg, S. Brynolf, M. Grahn and I.R. Skov

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021, vol. 142, issue C

Abstract: This paper analyses the potential of renewable fuels in different propulsion systems for the maritime sector that can replace fossil fuels by 2030. First, a fuel cost analysis is performed for a range of biofuels, bio-electrofuels, electrofuels plus liquid hydrogen and electricity in 18 fuel production pathways. Next, fuel production costs are combined with different utilisation rates, propulsion cost, on-board fuel storage cost and a cost for reduced cargo space to determine the total cost of ownership for four types of ships: large ferries, general cargo, bulk carriers and container vessels using internal combustion engines, fuel cells or battery-electric propulsion systems and travelling different distances.

Keywords: Ship; Methanol; Electrofuels; Battery-electric ferry; Marine internal combustion engines; Marine fuel cells (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.110861

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