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Extra cost of a containership running on e-fuels in 2030 (IEA)

How much more the IEA estimates it would cost to own and operate a containership running entirely on e-ammonia or e-methanol in 2030 than a conventional containership on fossil fuel (heavy fuel oil): 75 percent more.

Latest value

75%

World (a representative containership), 2030 (projection). Version The Role of E-fuels in Decarbonising Transport (IEA, December 2023; revised January 2024).

As published

“The total cost of ownership of a 100% e-ammonia or e-methanol-fuelled containership would be 75% higher than a conventional containership operating on fossil fuels.”

The Role of E-fuels in Decarbonising Transport, Executive summary, p. 8. Checked word for word against the stored copy of the document every time the data is rebuilt.

Where it comes from

Producer
International Energy Agency · The Role of E-fuels in Decarbonising Transport
Version
The Role of E-fuels in Decarbonising Transport (IEA, December 2023; revised January 2024)
File
https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/a24ed363-523f-421b-b34f-0df6a58b2e12/TheRoleofE-fuelsinDecarbonisingTransport.pdf
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2026-10-08 (automatically), 4,458,187 bytes
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sha256 fd1ece7465631b4b9047ea1af123a5d050279064a6ea87019bc377cec00ac3d7ETag 0x8DC1209E4F7C60E · Last-Modified Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:28:08 GMT
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Cite the producer
IEA 2023; The Role of E-fuels in Decarbonising Transport, https://www.iea.org/reports/the-role-of-e-fuels-in-decarbonising-transport, License: CC BY 4.0

What was done to it

  1. Read the text of the PDF (sha256 fd1ece746563…). Found each of the 1 quoted statement(s) word for word on PDF page(s) 8, and the 2 context sentence(s) the scope relies on, before publishing.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/action/green_premium.py · code sha256 c2e591e4a0510a3d… · inputs fd1ece746563…

  2. Published each number exactly as printed, with its statement in the value's note. A range 'A-B%' is published as its low end A and high end B (dimension 'bound'); nothing was computed, rounded or combined with any other source.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/action/green_premium.py · code sha256 c2e591e4a0510a3d… · inputs fd1ece746563…

  3. The executive summary gives no year in the sentence; chapter 5 (p. 56) states the same 75% for 2030, which is the period published.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/action/green_premium.py · code sha256 c2e591e4a0510a3d… · inputs fd1ece746563…

What it covers

Geography
World (a representative containership)
Basis
Total cost of ownership in 2030 of a 9,600 TEU containership with a 58 MW engine at 16 knots, 100,000 nautical miles a year, running on 100% e-ammonia or e-methanol, compared with heavy fuel oil: vessel modifications, bunkering and fuel costs (Figure 5.7, IEA analysis; port charges and handling fees excluded). Chapter 5 states the same 75% per tonne-kilometre. Projection.
Unit
percent more total cost of ownership than a fossil-fuelled ship (%)