Revolutionary Sustainability
A Concept Whose
Time Has Come
Today’s cruise ships are an outdated contradiction. Helping people to experience and better understand our world through travel simply does not align with the damage to people, ports, and the environment that the staggering pollution from cruise ships creates.
Instead of the current reality of burning an average of $50-60 million in fuel per year and emitting more particulate matter into the air than a million cars per day, the time has come for an environmentally responsible large passenger ship. That ship is PEGASUS.
The World’s First Truly
Eco-Friendly Ship
Odyssea Estates is a proud member of ZESTA, the Zero-Emissions Ship Technology Association (www.zestas.org), which has achieved consultative status with the International Maritime Organization (IMO). PEGASUS will be the first truly eco-friendly, zero-emissions ship on the planet and a game-changer in the drastic reduction or elimination of ship pollution and the decarbonization of the cruising and shipping industries. We firmly believe that exploring our planet shouldn’t come at the cost of damaging our planet, and we’re taking a bold step to usher in a new era in ocean travel.
In reaching for zero-emissions now, we will utilize existing renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, battery, and hydrogen systems, saving the 102 million liters (27 million gallons) of fuel per year typically consumed by a cruise ship of PEGASUS’s size.
This will also help reverse the trend of massive ship pollution that contributes to the premature deaths of approximately 400,000 people per year (from all international shipping) and causes some 250 million people per year to become sick due to polluted coastal regions.
Revolutionary Sustainability
The following are some of the sustainable systems designed for PEGASUS:
- A revolutionary complex of renewable energy sources for powering the Ship’s propulsion and hotel operations, including a 16-MW photovoltaic production system, a 16-MW wind kite propulsion system, a 4-MW wind kite harvesting system for conversion to electricity, wind turbines and inflatable solar islands for additional electricity, power storage using the latest battery technology, as well as hydrogen generation on board using seawater and the sun
- Expedition yachts and other ancillary boats housed in PEGASUS’s onboard garages, powered by electricity harvested by the mother ship; electric personal watercraft and other excursion toys where available
- Power conversion and storage using batteries, and conversion to hydrogen for the later production of electricity for on-demand use
- Electric superconducting propulsion motors that reduce power consumption by 20% as well as the weight and size of the motor
- An air-bubble hull lubrication system to reduce frictional resistance in the water and thus reduce power consumption
- Systems for wastewater purification, garbage and food waste handling, bio-sludge treatment, and water reuse
- A system to convert waste to energy and other waste-reduction practices, including prohibiting single-use throw-away plastics; bottling our own water, soda, and beer; recycling glass, tins, and plastics; and more