Development Paths for Ship Power Plants in the Context of Digitalization, Decarbonization and the Internet of Things

The article presents trends in the development of ship power plants to transfer the successful experience of building highly efficient and digital smart power supply systems to ship conditions. The prospects for the introduction of digitalization and decarbonization, the use of alternative sources of electricity on ships and the construction of flexible distribution networks are shown. Successful implementations of the abovenamed technologies are presented. Particular attention is paid to power supply circuits containing high-capacity batteries. For the integration of AC and DC grids, it is proposed to use a solid-state transformer that maintains the required quality of electricity on the ship.