Energy efficiency and green solutions in sustainable development: evidence from the Norwegian maritime industry

  • Received October 17, 2020;
    Accepted December 7, 2020;
    Published December 15, 2020
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.18(4).2020.24
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    Volume 18 2020, Issue #4, pp. 289-302
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The maritime industry plays a special role in Norway. In recent years, it became subject to increasingly stronger requirements to reduce emissions. However, the most important is that the Norwegian maritime industry in several areas can deliver and further develop technology and products that provide lower emissions, nationally and globally. Going forward, technology development will be more important with time. Thus, it is important to find out what impact it will have on the industry’s sustainable development and estimate the efficiency of new technologies.
This paper primarily aims to find a new optimization tool, which allows monitoring progress in the maritime industry towards sustainable development.
The present study reveals many new possible zero-emission solutions in the maritime industry, such as battery-electric architectures, ammonia, hydrogen, biofuel, and liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), autonomous ships, etc. Moreover, it was highlighted that without active coordination between governance, academia, and industry, it is impossible to achieve international climate commitments and associated targets for reducing the emissions in the maritime industry.
In addition, in this study, a twofold model was proposed: the first part is the calculation of the Sustainable Development Index (SDI), and the last one is mathematical modeling, where the optimization variable carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and Sustainable Development Index (SDI) should be maximized.
The investigation results prove that the model should be tested, and further research in this area is needed.

Acknowledgment
The research is supported by a grant from the Research Based Innovation “SFI Marine Operation in Virtual Environment (SFI-MOVE)” (Project no: 237929) in Norway.

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    • Figure 1. Norway’s maritime strategies and government support measures
    • Figure 2. Mitigation of climate change in 2030 and 2050
    • Figure 3. Mathematical model for determining the maximum level of CO2 emissions
    • Figure 4. Estimated level of CO2 emissions reductions for world fleet and development of SDI, 2020–2050
    • Table 1. Impact of the ocean-based climate actions on the achievement of SDGs
    • Table 2. Set of indicators reflecting the level of sustainable development in the maritime industry
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