Sustainable Energy Solutions: Marine Energy Reduction Assessment (MERA)

QinetiQ’s highly experienced maritime engineers can help vessel operators and port facilities teams not only to better understand sustainable energy solutions, but also integrate them with existing systems successfully.

With Net-Zero targets now a fundamental priority for the global marine industry, both commercial and naval, understanding what measures can be taken to reduce energy use and improve green house gas (GHG) emissions is more important than ever. 

How QinetiQ can help

QinetiQ helps our customers meet this challenge by developing a Marine Energy Reduction Assessment (MERA). Part of the Maritime Systems Platform Design and Life Support (PDLS) operation based at Haslar in Gosport, they are well versed at developing MERA by reviewing energy consumption for either military surface and sub-surface vessels, auxiliary and commercial vessels as well as ports installations.

Developing a MERA by using QinetiQ’s highly experienced maritime engineers enables vessel operators and port facilities teams to better understand present day utilisation of electrical energy as well as what measures can be taken to reduce energy use and improve greenhouse gas emissions. Typical projects feature energy saving surveys to meet impending IMO 2030, 2040 and 2050 targets with work projects established through electrification and conventional refit and AMP support tasks.

Typical areas of energy reduction:

Our expertise includes:

• Excellent knowledge of maritime platform systems and equipment's with an excellent relationship with a number of MOD platform teams.
• Strong relationships with Electrical Power and Propulsion OEM’s with extensive operational experience of various plant configurations including ‘HV Cold Ironing’ and ‘Battery Systems’.
• Understanding and experience of safely introducing decarbonisation initiatives including aspects of damaging harmonics from power electronics that need to be carefully assessed to avoid THD.
• Excellent commercial cruise, ROPAX and MoD maritime domain expertise.
• The ability to examine systems and identify vulnerabilities and deviations from class and flag requirements including power quality and harmonics issues.

With a team of suitably qualified and experienced persons (SQEP) and marine electrical subject matter experts (SME), with significant experience of maritime electrification projects, QinetiQ can act as your subject matter experts or technical superintendents able to support end users with focused expertise in various area of ship and port operations. 

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