Plugged-In: Electricity To Play Bigger Role In Powering Cruise Ships
Published 3 months ago
Under constant pressure to reduce their carbon footprint, cruise lines have been exploring alternative energy sources for a long time now. The move toward a more sustainable product has accelerated in recent years, and is now starting to bear some real fruit.
AIDAnova (Photo courtesy of AIDA Cruises/CHLietzmann)
One of the biggest trends is the use of liquefied natural gas to power cruise ships. The first passenger ship to employ LNG was Carnival Corporation’s
AIDAnova, which debuted in 2018.
Since then, more than 20 additional LNG ships have been announced. One of those, Carnival Cruise Line’s first mega-ship, the 5,282-passenger