New Groupe Beneteau electric and hybrid systems announced at Cannes
On the eve of the opening of the 43rd Cannes Yachting Festival, Groupe Beneteau invited 150 selected guests to their
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Hydrogen generator replacing diesel on Fountaine Pajot 59′ catamaran
The world’s 2nd largest designer and manufacturer of cruising catamarans will be integrating a hydrogen generator as a step towards
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Big awards for electric hydrofoiling catamaran sea bike
Other than ‘looks like a lot of fun’, we ‘re not sure exactly how to describe it…but ‘electric hydrofoiling catamaran
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New French electric rim motor now taking pre-orders
The electric rim motor that Rémi Champeaux of Hy-Generation in Breton, France, has been developing since 2016 is now ready
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Winners of The 1st Gussies Electric Boat Awards
The voting in the 1st ‘Gussies‘ electric boat awards – officially the Gustave Trouvé Awards for Excellence in Electric Boats
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38 electric boats create floating cinema on the Seine
A floating cinema of 38 Ruban Bleu electric boats from the fleet of Paris e-boat charter company Marin d’eau douce
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Solar electric yacht company selected top environment solution
Solar electric yacht company Soel Yachts has been selected as one of the 1000 Efficient Solutions endorsed by the Solar
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Pogo, Oceanvolt combine for Loxo 32 electric cruiser
The introduction of the Loxo 32 electric cruiser is the result of a collaboration between France’s Pogo Structures sailboat producer
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New Toyota fuel cells powering hydrogen ship to Tokyo
The Energy Observer hydrogen powered researched ship, outfitted with new Toyota fuel cells, has left her home port of St.
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All-electric passenger ferry for holiday town
Both local commuters and visitors to Capbreton in France love the all-electric passenger ferry the popular holiday town put into
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Forget the Bill Gates hydrogen yacht – this one makes clean fuel as it sails!!
The Bill Gates hydrogen yacht is getting a LOT of coverage, but here is a boat – Energy Observer –
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Ingenious new hand held electric boat motor on a stick
This new hand held electric boat motor is like a motor on a magic wand with a pistol grip controlling
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Winners: France’s best electric boats 2019
The winners of best electric boats in France were announced in December by the Association Française pour le Bateau Electrique
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Amazing new electric boat motor based on fish fins
At the Nautic Paris show this week a French start-up is showcasing a revolutionary new electric boat motor without revolutions
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Meet the new electric boats doing plastics clean up
With increasing concern about the plastics accumulating in our water and the carbon accumulating in our air, what better solution
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Riding on water – 2 new electric ‘watercycles’
It’s a jetski, no it’s an e-bike, no it’s a mini catamaran, no it’s a hydrofoil! These new electric watercraft
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Plugboats Podcast #1: Kevin Desmond
https://media.blubrry.com/plugboats/p/content.blubrry.com/plugboats/Plugboats-Podcast-Episode-1.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | Download Podcast also » available on iTunes In our first Plugboats Podcast we
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Renault ‘2nd life batteries’ power Seine electric boat
Batteries taken from Renault electric vehicles will take on a second life powering the Black Swan, a River Seine electric
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Record 15K people enjoy French electric river cruise
The Bernard Palissy III solar-electric sightseeing boat in France has completed its second summer of operation with a record 15,000
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Lake Geneva’s electric fleet adds solar boat Greta
The Bay of Geneva now offers a new attraction – Solar Boat Greta, a 25 passenger waterbus taking visitors to
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