Giant battery boost for North Sea Shipping

Electric bus line breakers will enable further energy efficiencies on subsea construction vessel 'North Sea Giant' (credit: Wartsila)

A battery retrofit featuring innovative electronics will allow subsea construction vessel ‘North Sea Giant’ to perform dynamic positioning with one engine rather than three, saving up to two million litres of fuel a year.

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