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| WorkBoat365.com|36|WorkBoat365.com | Summer 2025 |Established in 2017, Wa%ufffdlab has spent its first years of opera%ufffdons focusing on the inland shipping sector with its Solar Flatrack. This is a modular solar energy system consis%ufffdng of movable and stackable integrated solar panels and inverters. To date, Wa%ufffdlab%u2019s SolarHatches have been installed on more than 25 inland shipping vessels.With the aim to reduce fuel costs for seagoing shipowners and facilitate the con%ufffdnued decarbonisa%ufffdon of the mari-%ufffdme sector, Wa%ufffdlab is now expanding into the seagoing shipping industry with SolarDeck.%u201cAt all %ufffdmes during the design of SolarDeck, we priori%ufffdsed the shipowner%u2019s requirements. We know that %u2018%ufffdme is money%u2019. That%u2019s why the SolarDeck can be installed in a minimum amount of %ufffdme using container twist lock fi%ufffdngs. It also does not impact normal loading and unloading procedures,%u201d says Wa%ufffdlab%u2019s CEO Bo Salet. %u201cHowever, we also know %u2013 for cargo shipowners especially %u2013 that %u2018space is money%u2019. In the event of a deck load such as offshore wind blades, the ship%u2019s crew can store the SolarDeck inside the volume of a 20-foot container, thus freeing up the deck for cargo.%u201dSolarDeck has proven creden%ufffdals: in collabora%ufffdon with the Dutch Organisa%ufffdon for Applied Scien%ufffdfic Research TNO and interna%ufffdonal shipping company Vertom, Wa%ufffdlab has spent the previous 18 months developing and tes%ufffdng the new system on board Vertom%u2019s 7,280dwt general purpose dry cargo Wattlab Launches SolarDeck: Plugand-Play Solar Power Wa%ufffdlab, the Netherlands-based mari%ufffdme solar specialist, is proud to introduce its SolarDeck to the seagoing shipping industry. SolarDeck is a modular and scalable system of deckmounted solar panels that yield significant reduc%ufffdons in fuel consump%ufffdon and CO2 emissions. Moreover, based on installa%ufffdon on a seagoing general cargo vessel, SolarDeck combines substan%ufffdal savings via Fuel EU Mari%ufffdme and EU ETS regula%ufffdons and an expected return on investment of 3-5 years.POWER & PROPULSION