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All-Electric Competitions Motors + Engines Saildrives

Modular electric boat motor up for DAME award

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Jeff Butler 1025 Views 0 Comments Norway, SeaDrive

A new modular electric boat motor that can be assembled in different configurations has been nominated for a DAME Design

Commercial Ferries Hydrogen

Norway’s zero emission high speed ferry concepts

October 9, 2019 Jeff Butler 912 Views 0 Comments Aero, Norway

Five viable zero emission high speed ferries have been presented to the council of Trøndelag County in Norway in response

Batteries Commercial Cruise Ships

Li-ion batteries coming to Carnival cruise ship

September 9, 2019 Jeff Butler 906 Views 0 Comments Canada, Germany, Italy, Norway, USA

AIDA Cruises, the German division of the world’s largest cruise line, will be installing a lithium-ion battery system from Canada’s

Batteries Hydrogen Research Solar World Firsts

Zero-emission ship world’s 1st in Arctic circle

August 21, 2019August 30, 2019 Jeff Butler 996 Views 0 Comments Arctic, Energy Observer, France, Norway

The Energy Observer research ship, powered by nothing but the wind, the sun and hydrogen extracted from the seawater it

Commercial Competitions Motors + Engines Work Boats

PM of Norway christens Evoy1 electric boat

August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 Jeff Butler 886 Views 0 Comments Evoy, Norway

When Norway Prime Minster Erna Solsberg christened the electric boat Evoy1 on August 2 it demonstrated just how far the

Commercial Inboards Motors + Engines Work Boats

World’s fastest production e-boat all thumbs up

July 9, 2019July 12, 2019 Jeff Butler 1643 Views 0 Comments Evoy, Norway

Evoy Marine, one of Norway’s most promising and awarded green start-ups, has just successfully tested what is probably the world’s

Batteries Commercial Cruise Ships Ferries Hybrid

Batteries powering new cruise ship AND e-ferry

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Jeff Butler 921 Views 0 Comments Arctic, Denmark, Havila, Hurtigen, Norway

July 2019 is quite the month for advances in battery powered large vessels. The MS Roald Amundsen arctic cruise ship

Commercial Motors + Engines Recreation World Firsts

Here are 6 recent World 1sts in electric boats

May 24, 2019October 28, 2019 Jeff Butler 1123 Views 0 Comments Canada, France, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK, USA

While I was writing out the article the other day about the World’s 1st Hydrogen River Boat, it occurred to

Batteries Commercial Inboard-Outboard Motors + Engines Outboards Tenders Work Boats

Look out for Norway’s new electric boat motors

May 3, 2019August 15, 2019 Jeff Butler 2150 Views 0 Comments Evoy, Norway

Norway’s new electric boat motor company Evoy is racking up awards, investment and partnerships as it moves toward launch in

Personal Craft Recreation World Firsts

The incredible rise of the electric hydrofoils!

April 23, 2019October 28, 2019 Jeff Butler 4508 Views 0 Comments Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Hydrofoil, Italy, Norway, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, USA

Here are 12 amazing zero-emission electric hydrofoil personal watercraft that fly over the water, a technology that didn’t even exist

Commercial Ferries Hybrid Work Boats World Firsts

World’s 1st electric harbour skimmer for Oslo

April 16, 2019October 28, 2019 Jeff Butler 848 Views 0 Comments Canada, Corvus, Denmark, Germany, Norway

Norway – with the help of Canada – continues to be a leader in the electrification of commercial boats. Now

Commercial Cruise Ships Hybrid Motors + Engines Recreation Rentals-Charters

Hybrid arctic ecotour boat up for industry award

April 9, 2019August 30, 2019 Jeff Butler 1114 Views 0 Comments Arctic, Norway

Brim Explorer arctic ecotour boat designed for passengers to explore Arctic Norway without disturbing nature, is the latest boat to

Cargo Ships Commercial Solar Work Boats

Zero carbon ship resumes global research mission

March 19, 2019October 27, 2019 Jeff Butler 649 Views 0 Comments Energy Observer, Finland, France, Norway, UK, Venice

The Energy Observer left Saint-Malo France in the early hours of this morning to resume her global mission of being

Commercial Cruise Ships Ferries World Firsts

World’s largest boat batteries for Arctic cruise ships

March 3, 2019October 28, 2019 Jeff Butler 715 Views 0 Comments batteries, Corvus, Norway

Last May the Norwegian Parliament adopted a resolution to halt emissions “from tourist ships and ferries in the world heritage

Commercial Ferries

Canada’s Corvus to supply batteries for 5 new Norway e-ferries

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 Jeff Butler 286 Views 0 Comments batteries, Canada, Corvus, Havyard, Norway

NEWS RELEASE Bergen, Norway and Richmond, British Columbia, Canada – January 28, 2019 – Corvus Energy is pleased to announce that the

Commercial Ferries

Norway leads an electric ferry revolution

January 27, 2019September 22, 2019 Jeff Butler 286 Views 0 Comments Norway

The world of large commercial boat electrification is being led by Norway electric ferries, which were first introduced to the

Commercial Cruise Ships Ferries

Canada orders electric ferries

January 27, 2019September 22, 2019 Jeff Butler 251 Views 0 Comments Canada, Norway

Lake Ontario mainland to Amherst Island and Wolfe Island New all electric ferries that will reduce greenhouse emissions by 1,357

Norway

Electric boat world firsts (Edition 2)