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ABB: Cable-Layer Achieves 60% Fuel Savings

ABB’s power, control, distribution and automation so- lutions, specialized cable layer NKT Victoria reportedly achieves up to 60 percent fuel saving when compared with cable-layers in its class. At the heart of the technology is

ABB’s power and distribution solution, Onboard DC Grid, which has played a key role in the vessel’s fuel-saving performance, as part of the complete ABB Ability System 800xA and a 156kWh energy storage system (ESS). “We are really impressed with the impact that has been made by

ABB technology on board, and in particular the Onboard DC

Grid package,” said Lars G. Carlsson, VP – Offshore Opera- tions, NKT. “This technology has helped us to achieve our vision of a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly future for cable-laying vessels, and our experience over the ? rst year has inspired complete con? dence in Onboard DC

Grid’s ef? ciency and reliability.” “We are naturally very pleased with the performance of this new vessel design, but we have to pay tribute to the im- portance of ABB’s technology solutions in optimizing per- formance and reducing emissions,” said Tor-Henning Vest- bostad, Sales Director, Salt Ship Design. “The results we were aiming for in developing NKT Victoria are no longer just theoretical but have been proven by operational experi- ence in the ? eld.”

Conceived, developed and delivered as the result of a close collaboration between NKT, Salt Ship Design and

ABB, the 140-m long, DP3-capable ship is a new generation cable layer featuring many of the solutions enabling ABB’s “Electric. Digital. Connected.” strategy that envisages ship- ping’s digital and connected future.

Onboard DC Grid and its associated marine software sys- tems have been designed to increase ef? ciency by allow-

Photo: ABB ing the ship’s engines to work at variable speeds and draw on stored energy for peak load shaving and during dynamic positioning. The main cable laying equip- ment on board is also fed directly from

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NKT Victoria also bene? ts from ABB’s

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Voyage Advisory System, which help crew optimize energy ef? ciency deci- sions in real time.

The vessel has also achieved about 60

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EPA CERTIFICATION SUPPORT ANALYSIS MANAGEMENT well as NOx reductions of 60-80 percent – with the help of the selective catalytic

BJARNE SNOPESTAD reduction (SCR) system, which converts

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