WinGD opens advisory service for marine battery-hybrid integration

The launch of X-EL Energy Solutions follows WinGD’s first contract to deliver hybrid system integration and energy management for four LNG-fuelled pure car and truck carriers due to enter service in 2023. The vessels will be powered by X-DF2.1 dual-fuel engines as part of a battery-hybrid system developed by X-EL Energy Solutions.

As well as designing and integrating systems, X-EL Energy Solutions also offers advisory services, using its expertise and digital technologies to simulate optimal configurations and control strategies of energy systems for shipowners, shipyards, integrators and naval architects.

WinGD general manager sustainability solutions Stefan Goranov said, “By integrating electric-hybrid technologies that are customised for the individual vessel’s characteristics and operating profiles, along with our proprietary energy management system, we can ensure lifecycle capabilities for meeting operational and regulatory challenges.”