Gå direkt till innehåll

Ämnen: Naturresurser

  • Do People Realise the Unimaginable Amounts of Electricity Needed to Power the Merchant Fleet?

    Do People Realise the Unimaginable Amounts of Electricity Needed to Power the Merchant Fleet?

    200 million tonnes of oil or diesel.
    That's what the global merchant fleet uses every year to power its ships. In order to replace this with electricity, we would need some 5,500 terawatt-hours (TWh) each year. That corresponds to roughly 580,000 onshore wind turbines or 800 nuclear power plants. This data comes from Intertanko, which represents shipping lines in the tanker segment.
    To put t