160 m >
500-1000 kWh
The newbuild is part of a major renewal of Equinor’s fleet as the company is pushing towards green shipping and reducing emissions by, among other measures, equipping their vessels with Orca Energy batteries
| Name | Rainbow Spirit |
| Owner | Altera Infrastructure |
| Operator | Equinor |
| Integrator | Wärtsilä |
| Segment | Merchant |
| Sub-segment | Hybrid short sea merchant vessels |
| Vessel type | Shuttle Tanker |
| ESS capacity | 610 kWh |
| Corvus product | Corvus Orca ESS |
| Delivery year | 2020 |
| Ship yard | Samsung Heavy Industries |
| Newbuild/Retrofit | Newbuild |
| Vessel size | 177 x 46 x 16.5 m |
| Payload capacity | 137 500 Liquid |
| Gross tonnage | 90 000 |
| Deadweight tonnage | 125 000 |
| IMO no | 9837171 |
| Area of Operation | North Sea |
| Ship system | Hybrid |
| Bus Voltage | 640-900 VDC |
| Class | DNVGL |
| Flag state | Norway |
Estimated annual savings
diesel/year saved
NOx emission reduction
CO2 emission reduction
Battery operation
Load Levelling
Peak Shaving