Life cycle analysis and cost assessment of a battery powered ferry

Haibin Wang; Evangelos Boulougouris; Gerasimos Theotokatos; Peilin Zhou; Alexandros Priftis; Guangyu Shi

doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.110029

Life cycle analysis and cost assessment of a battery powered ferry

Haibin Wang, Evangelos Boulougouris, Gerasimos Theotokatos, Peilin Zhou, Alexandros Priftis, Guangyu Shi

Naval Architecture, Ocean And Marine Engineering

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Abstract

Battery-powered ships constitute a solution to the pathway to zero-emission shipping. This article studies comparatively and assesses the performance of battery-powered vessels implementing the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Assessment (LCCA). A case study of a battery-powered fast catamaran ferry is employed and comparatively assessed against the respective conventional ferry revealing the advantages and drawbacks of these two alternative solutions. LCA and LCCA take into account the different ship life phases and activities to develop a life cycle emission inventory and estimate the corresponding costs. The results demonstrate that the battery-powered system exhibits life cycle GHGs reduced about 30% when grid mix electricity in 2019 is utilised and life cycle costs reduced by 15% in comparison with a conventional power system.

Original language	English
Article number	110029
Number of pages	11
Journal	Ocean Engineering
Volume	241
Early online date	20 Oct 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.110029
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2021

Keywords

Battery-powered ferry
Life cycle analysis
Environmental-economic assessment
Electric vehicles
Shipping decarbonisation

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Transport: Advanced and Modular (TrAM) H2020
Boulougouris, E. (Principal Investigator) & Theotokatos, G. (Co-investigator)
European Commission - Horizon Europe + H2020
1/09/18 → 28/02/23
Project: Research

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