Ship&Offshore | Issue 01/2023
New study into digital HVAC systems
Fincantieri-owned shipbuilder Vard has secured NOK 4.95 million in funding from the Norwegian Research Council to undertake a research study – ICHzero – into digitalised heating, ventilation and air condition (HVAC) systems for service operation vessels (SOVs). These offshore wind support ships are being adapted with increasingly sustainable designs and renewable sources of power. Power generation on future SOVs is likely to be based on battery arrangements with offshore charging, Vard said in a recent statement, and therefore it is of crucial importance to reduce the ship’s energy usage, including their HVAC systems....