Havyard has delivered it’s 13th electric powered ferry:
(From smp.no today. Translated by Google Translate)
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That is a logical use of electric power. If they owned a wind farm and PV systems for charging it would be a no brainer.
They don’t have to own any “wind farm and PV system”. The ferries are recharged from the normal grid in Norway, which is all hydro electric.
Yes but they could cut out the middleman if they had their own, even a small amount.
Not sure if that is possible, considering the fact that these ferries operate in places where the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine, but the national grid is already available and cheap.
PS> Mini hydro and hydrogen as power source is coming though.
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Here is a few advice before choosing electric propulsion for you new vessel/boat/ferry:
The latest addition to Norled’s electric hybrid ferry fleet, the Solavågen is seen here on her way from the builder in Gdansk, Poland to Stavanger:
From there she will proceed north to join her sistership, the Festøya on the Solavågen to Festøya vv. route up here, near Ålesund:
The second of the new ferries on the Solavåg-Festøya route are now in place and operating.
Some more details on the ferries:
https://www.maritime-executive.com/corporate/four-more-norled-ferries-equipped-with-schottel-ecopellers#:~:text=Each%20of%20the%20four%20double,in%20the%20Norwegian%20ferry%20market.
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Lots more to come, but these are Hydrofoil fast ferries:
This Bloomberg article appeared in gcaptain News today:
The author appears to equate “ferries” with Fast Ferries. Majority of electric ferries along the Norwegian coast are in fact Car Ferries, (or double ended Ro/Pax if you want)
Only Rygerelectra and Future of the Fjords Cruise Ferries, are full electric fast catamaran ferries, so far. Both are built by Br.Aa from carbon fiber:
https://eastbywest.co.nz/new-electric-ferry-wellington
I have a buddy working on this project
The big issue is the charging stations and the time to charge to make it compete with the old ferrys.
The power is the big issue in NZ now with the gov taxing fossil fuel off the road to force EV’s yet they are having record coal imports to power all this.
Another gov with no plan like OZ but making greenies happy.
I’ve seen a couple companies on US West coast with these foiling ferry concepts
On Thursday, July 1, Holland Shipyards Group officially handed over the new build, fully electric ferry ‘Sandøy’ to Brevik Fergeselskap. The vessel will operate within the waters of Eidangerfjorden, Norway, connecting Brevik with Sandøya and Bjørkøya. The ‘SANDOY’ is a fully electric ferry measuring 42 m long and 11 m wide and has the capacity to transport 98 persons and 16 vehicles (cars). The vessel is completely emission-free and entirely powered by battery power with an installed capacity of 1.300 kWh. The ‘SANDOY’ will be charged by means of a 600 kW shore charging facility, mostly during night.
Source:
https://shipinsight.com/…/hsg-delivers-full-electric…/
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1300 kwh of batteries on board
2 x 375kw shottels so 750kw full load lets say 500kw cruise that just over 2 1/2 hrs range on paper
It must be doing short trips?
Yes as it says in the text “connecting Brevik with Sandøya and Bjørkøya”:
It’s a small ferry, serving small islands. Only Sandøya has permanent inhabitants (300). The trip from Brevik to Sandøya takes 10 min.
Bjørkøya has only summer cottages and only a few calls a day during the summer. The trip from Brevik take 20 min.
PS> She is replacing this 50 year old ferry:
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From Smp.no today: (Google translation)
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Thx for sharing with such information with our community! Interesting.
It appears to be the “Letter B” day at NYT. (Batteries, Bergen, Berlin and Bogota):
Others bring good tidings from New York: