Two massive ferries are about to become the biggest all-electric ships in the world
Over the last year, ABB has been converting two of Sweden’s HH Ferries Group’s massive ferries from diesel engines to being completely battery-powered. Now the ships are reportedly close to launching, which would likely make them the biggest all-electric ships in the world. As we…
Global Environment Outlook 6
Published in time for the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, UN Environment’s sixth Global Environment Outlook (2019) calls on decision makers to take immediate action to address pressing environmental issues to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals as well as other Internationally Agreed Environment Goals, such…
PRESS RELEASE C.G.D.G.I. : 1st Panhellenic Islander School Competition «Let’s Go Port»
The Chambers Group for the Development of Greek Isles (C.G.D.G.I. or otherwise in Greek and henceforth named, E.O.A.E.N.) proceeding with the implementation of the decision taken in his 44th General Assembly, held in Kavala, on 01.12.2018, in cooperation with the Electric Boat Association of Greece…
ABB to power Iceland’s first electrified ferry
Technology leader ABB is to supply drive and energy storage technology for Iceland’s first electrified ferry, a 70m vessel that will be equipped with a 3,000kWh battery pack Technology leader ABB is to supply drive and energy storage technology for Iceland’s first electrified ferry, a…
Corvus acquires Grenland Energy
Energy storage systems supplier Corvus Energy Holding has signed an agreement to acquire all shares in Grenland Energy, a maker of lightweight lithium-ion batteries for the maritime, offshore and subsea industry. The acquisition adds lightweight and subsea batteries to Corvus Energy’s existing portfolio of large-scale…
A petition to get all boats in Venice electrified by 2028
Kevin Desmond has been writing about electric boats since 1979, when the ‘industry’ was literally embryonic and his 2017 book “Electric Boats and Ships: a History” has received near universal acclaim for the depth of its reporting on the now not-so-embryonic industry. You can buy it here from…
“Electric Boats and Ships” from Kevin Desmond
Details: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/electric-boats-and-ships/ Review, by EBA General Secretary, Robert KayDefinitive, meticulous, and full of tales of adventure against the odds, both on and off the high seas. Most of our planet is covered by water, and for our brightest and most daring minds, gaining mastery over the elements…
1st Panhellenic Island School Competition “Let’s Go Port”
The General Assembly of E.O.A.E.N. , among other things, unanimously adopted the proposal of the President of the Electric Boats Association of Greece (EBA Gr), Mr. A.Apostolopoulos, and decided between Ε.O.Α.Ε.Ν. and EBA Greece to co-organize the 1st Panhellenic Islands School Competition “LET’S GO PORT”,…
1ος Πανελλήνιος Νησιωτικός Σχολικός Διαγωνισμός «ΠΑΜΕ ΛΙΜΑΝΙ»
Η Γενική Συνέλευση του Ε.Ο.Α.Ε.Ν., μεταξύ των άλλων,ομόφωνα υιοθέτησε την πρόταση του Προέδρου του Οργανισμού Ηλεκτρικών Σκαφών Ελλάδος (Ο.Η.Σ.Ε.), κ. Α. Αποστολόπουλου, και αποφάσισε ο Ε.Ο.Α.Ε.Ν. και η Ο.Η.Σ.Ε να συνδιοργανώσουν τον 1ο Πανελλήνιο Νησιωτικό Σχολικό Διαγωνισμό «ΠΑΜΕ ΛΙΜΑΝΙ», με θέμα τα Ηλεκτρικά Σκάφη &…