Leclanché marine battery system equipped on cruise vessel for 'first' time

Swiss energy storage solutions provider Leclanché SA hasoutfitted a hybrid ocean cruise vesselwith marine battery power systems in collaboration with marine technology resource supplier Century Ship Service.

The two partners revealed the completion of this project on October 9. As disclosed, Leclanché and Century Ship Service, which provides solutions for marine power, construction, installation, operations, logistics and repairs, equipped the former company’s 4 MWh Navius MRS-3 system onto a vessel said to be part of a new class of hybrid cruise ships.

Officials from Leclanché have noted that this was the inaugural installation of the Navius MRS-3 system in the ocean cruise segment.

Now that they are fully operational, the batteries are expected to allow the vessel to operate in hybrid mode, which is aimed at enabling carbon-neutral operations around ‘sensitive’ environments like the Norwegian fjords.

As informed, the ship in question, which boasts an overall length of 140 meters, has been extended by another 11 meters in order to squeeze in the battery rooms and the hydrogen systems.

By extension, the hybrid operation mode is anticipated to allow the ship to