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Move to Green Perry agrees with the assessment thatthe maritime industry is inherently con-servative, averse to adopting new tech- nologies until they are well proven in the field. But there is a twist on the notion of ?green.? ?The marine industry is averse to new technology, and I wouldn?t have put any- thing in my boats that wasn?t proven for 10 years,? Perry said. But when talk turns to ?green? in the marine industry, the first of mind thought is energy efficiency and emission reduction. Perry contends, too,there is a stronger ?green? pull today. ?But while the industry may be conser- vative on adopting new technology, the marine industry, too, is all about money ? more accurately saving money and improving reliability. If we can prove to them that we can save them money, they will participate. I won?t take a job on if I don?t think we can improve the perform- ance of their operations.? In fact, Perry sees the users of Corvus Technology as not simply customers, rather as business partners, and he and his team are not simply looking to push bat-teries out into the market place, rather evaluate each individual company and initiative as a project on its own merits. It is this holistic, project-based approachwhich gives him the backing to enter only projects where the payback on incorpo- rating the system has a payback of 5years or less. Today he sees the ferry, tug and Offshore Service Vessel as particu- larly ripe for the hybrid solution, as well as a major push into the subsea market ? where power consumption and integrity are the definitive limiters in the expanded use of subsea robotics ? as the majorforces of activity in the near term. But while saving green (cash) is indeed nice, saving the other green (environ- ment) offers tangible benefits, too, fitting in with the Corvus Energy mantra of looking at the whole picture rather than afew pixels. Corvus Energy batteries are the key to hybridizing heavy equipment such as harbor tugboats, ferries andOSVs, which due to duty cycle and fuel consumption lend themselves to dramatic fuel reductions. These fuel reductions translate into large cost savings ? partic- ularly with the skyrocketing costs of all fuel and pending legislation that will make marine fuel significantly cleaner and more expensive by 2020 ? and pro- vide return on investment in very short time frames. In turn, the fuel saved also provides huge reductions in carbon, par- ticulate and NOx emissions. Particulate matter is reduced most significantly as most of the fuel savings is incurred at low engine speeds when the engines are op-erating at least efficiency and producing most soot. References In any industry it seems that a com- pany?s prowess is best told by the refer- ences it holds, and Corvus has noshortage of high-profile marine refer- ences, serving some of the biggest, mostprogress names in the business, including Foss, Eidesvik Offshore and KOTUG, many of which have been covered in our pages in volume, and will be briefly re- capped here.Corvus and Foss are inextricably linked as they have together with many other in- dustry partners designed, built and deliv- ered a series of hybrid tugboats to serve the west coast U.S. market, one of the world?s more stringent areas of operation in terms of environmental initiative and August 2012www.marinelink.com 41Talleres Navales del Golfo Islote San Juan de Ulúa s/n91800, Veracruz, Ver. México. Tel: (52) 229 9892500 Fax: (52) 229 [email protected] A WORLDWIDE EXPERIENCED SHIPYARD WITH INTEGRAL SERVICES 
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