SINGAPORE, 8 August 2022: Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest cruise company, has announced the rollout of comprehensive technology upgrades called Service Power Packages across its global fleet to improve energy savings and reduce fuel consumption.
The upgrades include ongoing installations until 2023 on ships from the company’s nine cruise line brands – Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruisesard (UK ).
Carnival Corporation’s service energy improvement program provides an average fuel savings of 5-10% per ship and is expected to reduce fleet-wide greenhouse gas emissions by more than 500,000 metric tons annually. In addition to the environmental benefits, the program, upon completion, is expected to generate over USD 150 million in annual fuel cost savings.
Developed over the past six years, the company’s Service Power program delivers significant efficiency improvements across the fleet, including improvements to air conditioning in the cabin and public areas and major upgrades to cooling, lighting and automation systems. Adapting to variations in vessel design, size and equipment, the company customizes the Service Energy Package for each vessel, which combines synergies from multiple upgrades with new operational efficiencies, all while effectively supporting energy savings and energy strategies. Carnival Corporation’s decarbonization.
Carnival Corporate Service Energy Packages include the following elements designed to work together to reduce each ship’s overall service load – the energy required to support all onboard hotel systems – and as a result, reduce significant fuel use and emissions:
Comprehensive upgrades to the HVAC systems of each ship’s hotel account for 25% of a ship’s energy consumption to improve the hotel’s ventilation efficiency using sophisticated variable speed drives and on-demand systems throughout public areas, staterooms and galleys . In addition, indoor air quality is continuously monitored and maintained to the highest standards at sea, using industry-leading air filtration and UV-C treatment throughout the ship.
Technical systems upgrades on each vessel using variable speed drives and automated on-demand control systems for engine room ventilation, main air conditioning coolers and cooling pumps, dramatically reducing the energy required to provide cooling around the ship.
State-of-the-art LED lighting systems are installed on each vessel to reduce energy consumption and heat load generation – creating a dual benefit of lower air conditioning demand.
Remote monitoring and maintenance upgrades maximize the benefits of upgrade packages, including improved instrumentation and automated management systems, with non-stop ship-to-shore connectivity. Enhanced remote monitoring and analysis of each vessel’s energy performance and technical status ensure maximum efficiency and minimum downtime.
The fleet-wide upgrades are part of Carnival Corporation’s ongoing energy efficiency investment program and efforts to reduce fuel consumption, including over $350 million invested in energy efficiency upgrades since 2016, combined with the company’s fleet optimization strategy and the design of more efficient routes. Together, these ongoing efforts are expected to deliver a 10% reduction in fuel consumption per available lowest berth day (ALBD) in the first full year of the company’s cruise ship operations compared to 2019. along with a 9% reduction in carbon emissions per lower bed. the distance traveled.
As part of its long-term sustainability plan and vision, Carnival Corporation has committed to significant investments to achieve its 2030 goals and 2050 aspirations, which include six critical sustainability focus areas. These areas include climate action; circular economy; sustainable tourism; good health and well-being, diversity, equality and inclusion, and biodiversity and conservation.
Among these priorities, the company is committed to reducing carbon emission intensity by 20% from the 2019 baseline by 2030, supporting its efforts and aspirations to achieve net carbon neutral ship operations by 2050.
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