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Batteries could help container ships sail to a greener future

Current prices for lithium batteries mean that electrified vessels would be economical along short shipping routes.
A gantry crane loads a container from a container ship onto a truck.

The continued drop in price of lithium batteries means that more than 40% of container ships could be battery-powered by 2030. Credit: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg/Getty

The global shipping industry could cut carbon dioxide emissions and levels of other air pollutants by powering ships with batteries rather than fuel oil1.

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Nature 608, 11 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01973-9

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  1. Kersey, J., Popovich, N. D. & Phadke, A. A. Nature Energy https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01065-y (2022).

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