mo4ch:>Fishy fuel: Norwegian cruise ships to be powered by dead fish | Mo4ch News
Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten said it will power its ships using liquefied biogas (LBG) produced from dead fish and other kinds of organic waste, in a bid to make its ships less polluting.The company will invest 7 billion crowns ($826 million) over three years to adapt its 17-strong fleet. Six of its older vessels will be retrofitted to run on a combination of LNG, electric batteries and LBG. Hurtigruten is also ordering three new ships that will run on electricity, with a diesel engine only as back-up.“We are talking about an energy source (LBG) from organic waste, which would otherwise have gone up in the air. This is waste material from dead fish, from agriculture and forestry,” Hurtigruten CEO Daniel Skjeldam told Reuters. He added: “Our main aim is to improve and cut emissions.”Hurtigruten is the world's biggest expedition cruise operator, its ships ferry tourists along Norway’s fjords and coastline and up into the Arctic. It wants to be carbon neutral by 2050.READ MO…