World’s first methanol battery-hybrid RO/ROs will showcase Wärtsilä tech

methanol battery-hybrid propulsion system layout

Wärtsilä has been chosen to supply an integrated hybrid propulsion system for the two new methanol battery-hybrid NewMax vessels Stena Line is to deploy on its Belfast-Heysham Irish Sea route in 2025.

On order at the China Merchants Jinling shipyard (Weihai) for Stena RoRo, the ships will be the world’s first methanol fueled hybrid RO/RO vessels .

Each vessel will be equipped with two Wärtsilä 32M multi-fuel engines that, as well as being capable of operating on methanol, will have an ammonia...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/worlds-first-methanol-battery-hybrid-ro-ros-will-showcase-wartsila-tech/

Wärtsilä to deliver dedicated methanol fuel supply system

With more shipowners seeing methanol as an attractive and available future fuel pathway, Wärtsilä has responded by developed a dedicated fuel supply system called MethanolPac.

Combined with the recently introduced Wärtsilä 32 methanol engine the system positions Wärtsilä to deliver methanol-capable fuel and power systems for a wide range of vessel segments.

Methanol is a widely available fuel that is carbon neutral when produced from renewable sources and is easier to handle than many other...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/wartsila-to-deliver-dedicated-methanol-fuel-supply-system/