A PV system has gone into operation on a new cargo ship developed by HGK Shipping and Salzgitter AG, supplying power directly to the vessel's propulsion system. A total of 192 solar modules provide electricity to both the onboard low-voltage system and the high-voltage propulsion. . Wattlab has installed a PV system capable of delivering up to 35 kW to a cargo ship's high-voltage propulsion system, allowing it to temporarily replace one of four diesel generators under optimal conditions. The Blue Marline is the first inland shipping vessel capable of hybrid sailing with solar power. Wattlab Dutch solar innovator Wattlab and German inland. . Dutch solar technology company Wattlab and Germany's HGK Shipping have unveiled the Blue Marlin, the world's first hybrid solar-powered inland cargo vessel. Officially christened in Hamburg on July 3.
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