Battery Hybrids & Full-Electric Vessels

Torqeedo and Poseidon have developed a fully electric, steerable thruster system ideal for manoeuvring climate-friendly ferries and water taxis on Europe’s inland waterways.

The innovative hybrid wellboat Ro Vision was the world’s first vessel of its type to feature a battery hybrid power and propulsion solution when it was delivered in March 2020.

Corvus Energy is trialling its Blue Whale energy storage system on board a Canadian Seaspan Ferries cargo ferry.

Wärtsilä is providing its hybrid solution for a new RoRo ferry being built for the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to serve the Kootenay Bay route.

As Ricardo expands its research into hydrogen storage and fuel cells, efficiency and operating costs give FCs an edge over internal combustion engines, Ricardo’s experts tell Paul Gunton.

Technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to supply a range of solutions to a new Ro-Pax ferry for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (IOMSP). The 132 metre-long vessel is being…

Corvus Energy has launched a containerised battery room solution for Battery-On-Board (BOB) vessel applications. The “Plug and Play battery room” is available in 10-foot and 20-foot ISO high-cube container sizes and is…

Sterling PlanB (SPBES), the Canadian energy storage system develop, has signed a deal with MJR Power and Automation, a Northeast England-based marine power and electrical engineering business, to offer UK customers SPBES…

Corvus Energy has received an order from Wärtsilä for four energy storage systems (ESS) for the offshore support vessel fleet operated by Louisiana-based Harvey Gulf.

Current Direct, a new three-year research and innovation project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 program, is to investigate the potential for a new business model, innovative Li-ion battery design and a…

Norway-based ship operator Østensjø Rederi has commissioned the hybrid retrofit of two of its offshore construction vessels, the Edda Fauna and Edda Flora.

Two new ferries under construction for Finnlines at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard will feature Wärtsilä engines and a range of its electric solutions, the technology group confirmed in a press release.

Technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to supply a fully integrated Hybrid Solution package for three 5,000dwt bulk carrier newbuildings. The solution will permit the 90 metre-long ships to sail in and…

Engine manufacturer Scania is investing in developing a battery R&D and assembly hub at its headquarters in Södertälje, near Stockholm in Sweden.

Brazil-based offshore support vessel operator CBO is undertaking the first hybrid retrofit in Latin America on the CBO Flamengo, a platform supply vessel (PSV). Technology group Wärtsilä has received an order to…

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply an advanced Energy Storage System (ESS) to four Harvey Energy class LNG-fuelled Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs). A fifth vessel in this class was earlier…

Evolving emissions regulations, technological developments and expanding shorepower connections are changing the business case for battery hybridisation in short-haul Ropax vessels, writes Kari Reinikainen.

Asahi Tanker, the Japanese tanker operator, has ordered two pure-electric bunker tankers for operation in Tokyo Bay.