Dutch leading maritime system integrator of electrical and automation systems RH Marine has introduced pre-composed hybrid packages to convert conventional superyachts power systems to battery powered hybrid solutions. Hybrid power solutions allow for reduced operational costs and increased comfort at sea.

Hybrid is the new standard
With almost any new-build yacht considering a hybrid power system, more and more owners of existing superyachts desire the benefits in operational costs and comfort too. RH Marine developed three pre-engineered packages that can be installed onboard an existing yacht during a refit. The three packages vary in size and energy storage from 250 kWh up to 750 kWh, so there’s a package to fit every yachts requirements.

Adding batteries as an extra power source allows the generators to run on an optimal load, increases comfort by having power and being able to manoeuvre without running the engines. For instance when entering a harbour or diving in emission control area’s (ECAs). The hybrid solution also guarantees a reliable shore supply, solving the problem of blackouts in harbours and allowing complete silence on board during anchoring while the hotel load runs on batteries and engines can be switched off.

Experts in marine hybrid technology
RH Marine’s award-winning Rhodium Energy Management System (EMS), using a self-learning artificial intelligence algorithm, automatically distributes the power demand over the available diesel generators and batteries. The system controls all energy sources to operate on their most optimal point, thus ensuring optimal operation given an (operational) goal. The Rhodium hybrid solution already runs on multiple including a prizewinning 80+ meter superyacht. 

Deployed in the unpredictable sailing profile of a yacht, it has proved 11% fuel savings and 32% reduction of generator running hours, thus reducing engine maintenance costs with 50%!

,,With RH Marine’s hybrid power system you can enter any harbour or anchor at sea everywhere on electric mode without smoke or noise and more comfortably. Our clients in all industries realise that hybrid is the future. Hybrid already has its position in the leisure market, and it is there to stay,” says product manager hybrid portfolio Despoina Mitropoulou of RH Marine.

Oceanco is proud that its recently delivered motoryacht, 90m DAR has won the World Yacht Trophy Award for Yacht of the year. The award ceremony took place at a gala event in Cannes at the Carlton Hotel. On stage to receive the honors were Oceanco along with Captain Klaudio Marcelic and the Exterior Designer himself Luiz deBasto

DAR has a modern revolutionary exterior styling by DeBasto Design and sophisticated interior design by Nuvolari Lenard. Her groundbreaking design and technological advances bear the unmistakable DNA of an Oceanco: she reflects the latest advances in glass technology and is the first yacht in the Netherlands to be given the official Lloyd’s Register Integrated Bridge System (IBS) notation and designation.

DAR features a superstructure completely finished in reflective glass. From the interior, the glass yields panoramic floor-to-ceiling views aft, port and starboard. Her design was conceived to maximize opportunities for outdoor living and to have direct contact with the marine environment. While the yacht yields a massive amount of volume, DeBasto has ensured that the profile remains long, sporty and lean without a top- heavy superstructure that characterizes so many very large superyachts. The interior, by Nuvolari Lenard was designed in concert with the exterior concept and is also modern and rich in contemporary textures. 

Photo by: Francisco Martinez Photography