World’s First High-Speed Emission-Free Catamaran Passenger Ferry To Get Emission-Free Propulsion Systems
Green City Ferries announced today the award of contracts for key suppliers to provide the emission-free propulsion system for Beluga24 – the world’s first high-speed emission-free catamaran passenger ferry.
Electrifying baptism in Berlin
Did they also stand here in 1908 and christened the first electric push boat the Elektra? At least they do today. The Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, Volker Wissing, and Berlin’s Governing Mayor, Franziska Giffey, came to see the ship with the developers Prof. Dr. Holbach and the builder Dr. Corinna Barthel from the shipyard of the same name . Petra Cardinal, the managing director of the Berliner Hafenbetriebe Behala, had invited to the Berlin Westhafen.
North Van firm to launch Canada’s first hydrogen-powered marine vessel
Capilano Maritime Design has received a $178,000 grant from CleanBC Go Electric Advanced Research and Commercialization program to introduce the proof-of-concept in the form of a recreational harbour cruise boat.
Exclusive: Dubai ‘ideal for green Bentley of the sea’ flying boat
Anywhere else in the world, the idea of flying boats would sound like science fiction. But not in Dubai.
Bringing that plan to life is Frenchman Alain Thebault, the founder of Swiss start-up The Jet ZeroEmission and a world sailing speed record holder
U.S. Start-Up’s Ground-Breaking Electrolyser Promises Hydrogen at Around $1/kg
A U.S. start-up’s highly efficient proprietary electrolyser could drive down the price of green hydrogen compared to other similar technologies. Wisconsin-based Advanced Ionics’ Symbiotic electrolyser uses 35kWh of electricity to generate one kg of hydrogen, 30% less than the best alkaline or PEM technologies that run on 50kWh/kgH2,…
GR60, an electric-powered trawler catamaran under construction in Thailand
The GR60 is a new catamaran offered by Gilles Reigner, founder of Green Research Yachting (GREYachting), a shipyard based in Thailand. The first model of this electric-powered trawler is currently under construction. Fuel cell, wind turbine and solar panels With its two huge vertical wind…
It’s Official. We Can Now Harvest Usable Lithium From Seawater
Without lithium, the all-electric boats of today wouldn’t be feasible, and with an increasing demand for EBs expected to exhaust reserves on water by 2080, this might become inevitable. But there is another way to extract the vital element, or rather another place. The oceans…
Zero-emission Ferries for Zero-emission Islands
Approximately 2.1 billion people use ferries every year, putting the industry on a par with commercial airlines in terms of annual users worldwide. To many cities and their citizens, travelling the waterways lies at the heart of everyday life. While some cities have mandated the…
HySeas III sea-going hydrogen ferry design unveiled
The latest stage of the Scottish-led HySeas III project has seen renderings completed of a proposed hydrogen fuel cell-powered ferry. The project is aiming for the vessel to become Europe’s first sea-going ferry to use the clean propulsion solution. The proposed ferry is double-ended and…