CASE STUDY:

Viking Line Grace

Climeon's First Maritime Pilot Installation

APPLICATION

MARITIME
LOCATION

FINLAND

OUR PARTNER

Viking Line is a ferry operator in the Baltic region and has seven vessels going between Finland, Sweden and Estonia. 6.6 million passengers travel with Viking Line every year. In 2013 Viking Grace was built and she was the first ship that was built with LNG as fuel. As a shipping company on the Åland Islands, between Sweden and Finland, the company places great importance upon protecting the sea environment that they are surrounded by. They strive to be the forerunner in utilizing new solutions that reduce environmental impact.

THE OPPORTUNITY

After personnel, energy is the second biggest cost for Viking Line and therefore energy efficiency is crucial. Viking Line is continuously working to find solutions that are both economically and environmentally profitable. A ship's engine generates large amounts of waste heat found in the engine cooling water and exhaust gas, which can be turned into valuable electricity (fuel savings) with a Climeon Heat Power system.

OUR SOLUTION

The pilot project for Climeon was designed for an easy retrofit application, so no major construction was needed on the boat and the installation could take place during normal operation. Climeon's Heat Power system utilizes waste heat from the ferry's engines and exhaust gases. The pilot unit installed, Climeon Ocean, had the capacity to produce 120kW of clean and emission-free electricity. The electricity is primarily used on the cabin decks, for example for the lighting.