{"id":27685,"date":"2021-12-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/the-first-hybrid-ship-in-the-cruise-industry-will-be-presented-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:02:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T20:32:49","slug":"the-first-hybrid-ship-in-the-cruise-industry-will-be-presented-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/the-first-hybrid-ship-in-the-cruise-industry-will-be-presented-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The first hybrid ship in the cruise industry will be presented in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Author:<\/strong> Franyi Sarmiento, Inspenet, December 9, 2021.<\/p>\n\n<p>As part of Royal Caribbean Group&#8217;s Silversea Cruises luxury cruise brand, <em>Icon of the Seas<\/em> &#8216; first hybrid ship will be unveiled in fall 2023, the first to use fuel cells to provide 100% power while at sea. port.<\/p>\n\n<p>These new ships, known as &#8220;Project Evolution&#8221;, will operate using three power sources: a fuel cell system, battery technology and dual-fuel engines using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as the primary fuel.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/05065816\/21-1-Imagen-Royal_Caribbean_Group_Project_Evolution.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12971\" width=\"778\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/05065816\/21-1-Imagen-Royal_Caribbean_Group_Project_Evolution.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/05065816\/21-1-Imagen-Royal_Caribbean_Group_Project_Evolution-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/05065816\/21-1-Imagen-Royal_Caribbean_Group_Project_Evolution-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/05065816\/21-1-Imagen-Royal_Caribbean_Group_Project_Evolution-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/05065816\/21-1-Imagen-Royal_Caribbean_Group_Project_Evolution-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><em>Icon of the Seas<\/em> will be the first of three LNG-powered cruise line ships, this hybrid innovation in the cruise industry, allowing the ship to eliminate emissions while in port.<\/p>\n\n<p>This hybrid solution, which uses fuel cell technology, allows the ship to be free of local emissions while in port, another first in the industry.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;Silversea&#8217;s newest class of ships is a major step forward in our commitment to sustainable ship design and our process of reducing our environmental footprint,&#8221; said Richard Fain, President and CEO of Royal Caribbean Group.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;The addition of fuel cells to our ships now is an example of how Royal Caribbean Group is preparing to employ new technologies as we move toward a non-carbon future. This pioneering approach builds on our spirit of innovation.&#8221; Fain pointed out.<\/p>\n\n<p>This new hybrid technology allows Project Evolution to achieve an overall 40% reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions per double room. These state-of-the-art ships are also expected to achieve an Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) approximately 25% better than applicable International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> Royal Caribbean Group<\/p>\n\n<p>Infographic <strong>:<\/strong> Royal Caribbean Group<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Franyi Sarmiento, Inspenet, December 9, 2021.<br \/>\nAs part of Royal Caribbean Group&#8217;s Silversea Cruises luxury cruise brand, Icon of the Seas&#8217; first hybrid ship will be unveiled in fall 2023, the first to use fuel cells to provide 100% power while at sea. port.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":25479,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13048],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-27685","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-maritime"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/27685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/27685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=27685"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=27685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}