Solar electric river shuttle has 9 hours autonomy
The city of Rouen in Normandy began testing a solar electric river shuttle July 15 that will operate continuously during weekday
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Ferries
Electric ships make Canada’s national news
The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), which is Canada’s national broadcaster in both television and radio (similar to the BBC in
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Batteries powering new cruise ship AND e-ferry
July 2019 is quite the month for advances in battery powered large vessels. The MS Roald Amundsen arctic cruise ship
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Historic boats going 21st century electric
For the past 200 years Börtebootes and their pilots have been transporting passengers from oceangoing ferries to the shores of
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Niagara Falls’ Maid of The Mist going electric
One of the most incredible boat rides on the planet will be experienced in a ferry powered by electric motors
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World’s 1st electric harbour skimmer for Oslo
Norway – with the help of Canada – continues to be a leader in the electrification of commercial boats. Now
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FlyBus. SeaBubbles’ new hydrofoil electric ferry?
From going through twitter tweets from Alain Thebault, creator of SeaBubbles, the electric hydrofoil water taxi that has landed its
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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 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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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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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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Norway leads an electric ferry revolution
The world of large commercial boat electrification is being led by Norway electric ferries, which were first introduced to the
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Canada orders electric ferries
Lake Ontario mainland to Amherst Island and Wolfe Island New all electric ferries that will reduce greenhouse emissions by 1,357
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