PEI’s Anne of Green energy?
The province of Prince Edward Island in Canada is probably best known for the book (and films, and TV series)
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World’s 1st all-electric oil carrier
Asahi Tanker and shipbroking agent Exeno-Yamamizu Corporation are working together to build the world’s first all-electric zero emission bunker tanker.
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125-year-old electric boat company still making history
For this Plugboats Throwback Thursday about a venerable electric boat company, bear with us for a quick quote from Wikipedia:
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Zero carbon ship resumes global research mission
The Energy Observer left Saint-Malo France in the early hours of this morning to resume her global mission of being
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Meet 3 electric boat companies changing the world
Changing the world seems a pretty big claim, but these three electric boat companies have been recognized by the Solar
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TBThursday: The World’s 1st electric yacht tender
While doing research for his authoritative book Electric Boats and Ships: A History, (buy it here from Amazon) author Kevin
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Solar electric dolphin watching in Key West
Fourteen years ago Billy Litmer took a Greyhound bus to Key West and went snorkeling. “It was my first time
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World’s largest boat batteries for Arctic cruise ships
Last May the Norwegian Parliament adopted a resolution to halt emissions “from tourist ships and ferries in the world heritage
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Electrified canal boats of Amsterdam
The electrified canal boats of Amsterdam are historic vessels going electric as part of the city’s mission to make its
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The first electric RIB workboat
An electric RIB workboat is a great advance in e-boats as Rigid Inflatable-hull Boats (RIBs) are the top choice for
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Solar sewage pump out boat has only 1 tank to fill :)
OK, that headline is the only joke we will make. This is actually serious news. The town of Branford, Connecticut
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This solar ferry in India runs on $2.60 a day
Inland of the port of Kochi, on the Arabian Sea in southern India, a 40km long inland lake/waterway separates the
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Electric flying water taxi has 1st U.S. customer
SeaBubbles (shown above) is the creation of revered French yachtsman Alain Thébault, also creator of the world’s first multi-hulled hydrofoil,
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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
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Huge sailing ship could be cure for cargo’s massive CO2 output
The stats are absolutely astounding on the enormity of emissions from the container ships that ply the oceans taking products
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‘Flying’ water-taxi cruises through Paris
The scene is the River Seine in Paris, ahead of the VivaTech conference, which brings together tech CEOs and startups from around the
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Volvo Penta to electrify Swedish ferry
In one of the first public demonstrations of its commitment to having electric power solutions for boats by 2021, Volvo
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Canada’s Corvus to supply batteries for 5 new Norway e-ferries
NEWS RELEASE Bergen, Norway and Richmond, British Columbia, Canada – January 28, 2019 – Corvus Energy is pleased to announce that the
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Free webinar: transition to electric + hybrid boats
The website IDTechEx will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday 7 February titled The Transition to Electric and Hybrid
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China launches electric cargo ship to carry…coal?
Yep. China Daily announced that “the world’s first 2,000-metric-ton all-electric cargo ship has been launched in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong
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