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Hybrid and electric vessels are under the spotlight lately, thanks to intensified efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping, a significant source of CO2 and other pollutants. There are already several offerings of such green ships in Europe, and a Danish operator is ready to pave the way for the widespread use of fully electric powered vessels in the ferry sector.
Supported by the EU-funded E-ferry project, project partner Aeroe (Ærø) Kommune's vessel will cover distances of over 20 NM between charges. The novel all-electric ferry is set to have the largest battery pack installed at sea.
Hope they have maritime Triple-A standing by to tow them back to port...
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(Score: 2) by choose another one on Sunday May 26 2019, @08:49AM (1 child)
Range anxiety and recharging on turnaround probably still a major issue, but someday someone will figure out that instead of having a windmill in the sea to charge a battery on the ship you could just put the windmill on the ship itself and have truly green shipping with effectively infinite range. You could call them wind-ships or something. If only we'd realised the possibilities years ago, think where we'd be now...
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday May 26 2019, @05:27PM
I can hardly wait for all of the pending autopilot-related accidents that are going to shit up this boat concept like they shitted up electric automobiles.