Next week is the start of the UN Climate Change conference COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. One of the speakers will be Qtagg’s CCO Per Österberg who will brief the participants on how EcoPilot™ can decrease emissions from the vast fleet of diesel engine powered ships.
At COP 29 the goal is to advance concrete solutions to tackle the climate crisis. Today, the shipping industry is responsible for about 3% of the global greenhouse gas emissions, but the industry is growing. At current growth rates, shipping could represent 10% of total emissions by 2050.
To decrease emissions, and stop climate change, a multitude of different actions are needed. In shipping, new and green propulsion technologies are emerging, but for the foreseeable future, most ships will rely on traditional diesel engines.
EcoPilot™ is an AI driven system that uses real-time weather data, sea state information and ship data to calculate the optimal propulsion power plan, based on desired arrival time, accepted fuel consumption and emissions. The power plan is automatically executed through the ship’s propulsion control system. The typical result is a decrease of 5-15% in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Shipping companies, such as ASCO (Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company) are now including EcoPilot™ as part of their action program to decrease emissions and comply with IMO regulations.
