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title: Which is greener, the helicopter or hybrid vessels? - PES - Power & Energy Solution
description: During a 12-hour trip to a wind farm 40 nautical miles offshore, a hybrid CTV will emit 41% less CO2 compared to a conventional CTV. If a helicopter were used for the transport, CO2 could be reduced by 73%. For Europe, that is a saving of 67,000 to 117,000 ton of CO2 per year, or [...]
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# [Which is greener, the helicopter or hybrid vessels? - PES - Power & Energy Solution](https://pes.eu.com/exclusive-articles/which-is-greener-the-helicopter-or-hybrid-vessels)

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During a 12-hour trip to a wind farm 40 nautical miles offshore, a hybrid CTV will emit 41% less CO2 compared to a conventional CTV. If a helicopter were used for the transport, CO2 could be reduced by 73%. For Europe, that is a saving of 67,000 to 117,000 ton of CO2 per year, or between 8 to 14 million saved in carbon tax if the tax was the same rate as in Sweden. PES sat down with DECK1 CEO Jim Hededal Nielsen to do some number crunching.

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