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Battery powered ferries report

12 years ago

The first large passenger ferry to rely entirely on battery power begins operations this year, but it’s not the only passenger vessel to have included energy storage in the power mix, writes Bill Thomson in The Motorships February issue, out now.

Impression of Norled’s all-electric ferry, due to start operating in early 2015

The first large passenger ferry to rely entirely on battery power begins operations this year, but it’s not the only passenger vessel to have included energy storage in the power mix, writes Bill Thomson in The Motorships February issue, out now.