A crew transport vessel for Singapore-based Fast Offshore Supply will be retrofitted with an energy storage system to cut emissions and reduce fuel consumption.
A Japanese system integrator,Terasaki Electric, will upgrade the 60m-long vessel’s existing electrical system to support the implementation of an energy storage system from Canada-based supplier Shift Clean Energy.
Shift will be outfitting the ship with its a containerised battery system, transitioning the vessel from conventional diesel to hybrid-electric. The 422kWh energy storage system will be used for peak shaving and hotel loads.
The ESS system for the newly hybridised vessel will be a containerised fixed installation and will be equipped with a plug and play connection with the vessel’s electrical system. It will include Shift’s operational software – OnWätch which analyses key battery performance indicators to enable proactive maintenance and enhance battery life.
Terasaki will upgrade the main switch board and power management system for the vessel’s electrical system.
Fast Offshore Supply is one of Asia’s largest offshore crew vessel operators and is known for designing, building and operating one of the continent’s most advanced fleets of fast multi-purpose supply vessels.
