Plugboats Podcast #1: Kevin Desmond
In our first Plugboats Podcast we are delighted to welcome the world’s leading authority on electric boats, Kevin Desmond, who
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France
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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Hydrogen vessel’s wingsails now on cargo ship
The OceanWings system pioneered on the research vessel Energy Observer is going to be an essential part of a new
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Zero Emission Energy Observer lands in London
The zero emission ship Energy Observer is completing the second leg of its round the world journey as it sails into London for an eight day stay
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Bagoù – France’s radical new electric catamaran
With dual inverted bows to reduce drag and a wide space for dining, entertaining and swimming, this new electric catamaran
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SeaBubbles gets green light to test on the Seine
The hydrofoil ‘flying water taxi’ SeaBubbles test with passengers has been approved by the authorities of Paris and will begin
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Volvo Penta unveils all-electric saildrive at Cannes
Visitors to the Cannes Yachting Festival this week will see the much anticipated unveiling of the new Volvo Penta electric
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Zero-emission ship world’s 1st in Arctic circle
The Energy Observer research ship, powered by nothing but the wind, the sun and hydrogen extracted from the seawater it
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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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Energy Observer launches ‘Solutions’ web series
Energy Observer, the French research vessel circumnavigating the globe on solar, wind and hydrogen power, has launched a new web
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VITA e-boat raises $1.2 million for AIDS research
The sale of a Vita X, the new electric powerboat from Vita Yachts, was the second highest selling item of
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Here are 6 recent World 1sts in electric boats
While I was writing out the article the other day about the World’s 1st Hydrogen River Boat, it occurred to
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World’s 1st hydrogen river boat, + emission-free
Switzerland’s ABB and Canada’s Ballard Systems announced they are collaborating on the world’s first hydrogen powered river boat, with hydrogen
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Europe’s new battery/hybrid river cruise boat
What better way to enjoy the quiet odour free experience of an electric boat than while cruising the inland waters
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1,000 tractors to be shipped across Atlantic – by sail
France’s Manitou Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of heavy equipment vehicles, has signed on to ship 1,000 of
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Vendée Globe competitor all set with solar panels
Boris Herrmann Racing, one of the premier boats competing in one of the world’s great sailing races, has just outfitted
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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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Three 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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