@article{GENERAL,
      recid = {7566},
      author = {Blokland, Eur Ing A J and Barendregt, I P and Posthumus, C  J C M},
      title = {The adaptable energy platform},
      journal = {Conference Proceedings of MECSS},
      address = {2019-07-02},
      number = {GENERAL},
      abstract = {The Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued an  Operational Energy Strategy (OES) with ambition targets for  energy independence and improvement of energy efficiency  during the life time of naval platforms. A target is given  in 2030 of 20 % reduced dependence on fossil fuels and in  2050 of 70 % reduced dependence on fossil fuels, compared  to 2010. More stringent environmental emission (NOx, CO2,  etc.) requirements are to be expected as a result from IMO  and (local) political regulations.

In the last decades the  power consumption on board of naval platforms increased  substantially as well as the complexity of integrated  energy systems. Market surveys shows that the evolution of  commercial green technologies are promising but have to be  demonstrated in the coming years on low power and energy  levels. They will not be de-risked in depth or well proven  to be successful in time to be selected for the Royal  Netherlands Navy (RNLN) new naval projects (2019 –  2025).

Furthermore, new technologies as energy resources  and carriers (H2, LNG, methanol, power-to-liquid (PTL),  etc.) or new system technologies (DC on high voltage level,  fuel cell systems, waste energy recovery, etc.) require a  new approach for integration aspects like hazard and safety  cases and energy efficiency. This is because the energy  demand on board of naval platforms in several military  operational modes differ from the merchant and off-shore  branch.

In this paper an approach for an adaptable energy  platform is described to design a new naval platform based  on nowadays proven technology as fossil fuels that can be  transformed during life time that can fulfill the  expectations and requirements of the coming decades  (non-fossil fuels, zero emission, improved energy  efficiency). Aspects as a naval energy index as reference  will be discussed as well as an evaluation of new  technologies for new naval platform integration design  parameters, such as power or energy demands, consequences  of energy resources, energy control as well as build in  ship construction safety measures.},
      url = {http://library.imarest.org/record/7566},
}