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British Columbia Shows Norway How To Decarbonize Ferries

January 3, 2025 admin biofuels, boats, British Columbia, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric ferry, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev batteries, ferry, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:28:05 +0000

Moving people and vehicles across short distances is a no-brainer for batteries and electric motors. The only problem, as with most electrification of transportation, is getting electricity at sufficient power levels to the point of charging. British Columbia has a very obvious and straightforward strategy for its ferries. British Columbia … [continued]

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More Hydrogen Maritime Trials Surface From Sargasso Sea

December 18, 2024 admin boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean power, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, container shipping, Energy, ferries, green economy, green jobs, green shipping, investment, Manufacturing, Norway, renewable energy, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:15:35 +0000

Recently I published a roundup of quite awful hydrogen maritime trial efforts, and ended with a request that if others knew of more, they should share. A few additional ones bubbled up and there were a couple of minor corrections and delightful additions. I encourage those who haven’t read the … [continued]

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Developing Boat-To-Grid Technologies In Order To Electrify Marine Environments

December 17, 2024 admin boats, clean transport, electric boats, Electric vehicles, vehicle to grid, volvo, volvo penta

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:25:00 +0000

Using recreational boats that are simply taking up space for many months of the year to help back up the grid makes practical sense and provides a method to redirect leisure time to a productive asset for the grid. On the path to decarbonize at sea, Volvo Penta is employing … [continued]

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Hydrogen Ships Are Seeing Same Pattern As All Hydrogen Fleets

December 16, 2024 admin air quality, boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric ferries, Electric vehicles, Energy, Europe, ferries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen boats, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, Oil, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 03:37:54 +0000

As the years pass and more re-enactments of the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet are played out, they get staged in multiple settings, much like Shakespeare’s Tempest being staged in a waterpark in Germany in 2019. In recent months, I’ve curated a couple of lists of hydrogen bus and train … [continued]

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Experience the 1st Electric Hydrofoil: A Pollution-Free Silent Electric Hydrofoil Ferry That Captures the Timelessness of the Sea

December 13, 2024 admin boats, clean transport, electric boats, electric ferries, electric hydrofoil, Electric vehicles, NEW ZEALAND, Water

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:39:51 +0000

New Zealand seems like the other side of the world, and is certainly a land and sea that many would love to explore. There is the timelessness of the water to experience, as well as the mountains and caves. Now, beginning at Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour, the Electric Hydrofoil Experience provides … [continued]

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Hard Sail Power Might Have Niche In Roro Vehicle Shipping

December 1, 2024 admin boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, natural gas, ocean shipping, Oil, Shipping, shipping emissions

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:33:33 +0000

Sails on ships are a romantic and idealized vision of the world. Our history as a species includes innumerable tiny vessels pushed by wind across great expanses of featureless ocean, bold explorers and traders risking all on the science of sextants and the vagaries of the weather. But in recent … [continued]

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Creating Green Shipping Possibilities Through Digital Solutions

November 22, 2024 admin boats, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, decarbonization, green shipping, Shipping

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:50:15 +0000

Ports are critical for commerce, a keystone for economic growth, and play a significant role in the goods movement supply chain. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that investing in port infrastructure and operations is vital to US economic prosperity. Because these investments provide not only economic but environmental … [continued]

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Electric Patrol Boat Launched By Voltari

November 17, 2024 admin boats, clean transport, electric boats, Electric vehicles

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:58:20 +0000

It was about two years ago when the Canadian electric boat manufacturer Voltari announced it had piloted one its Voltari 260 performance boats 91 miles on a single charge. The starting point was Florida and they ended in the Bahamas. The main point of the journey seemed to be demonstrating … [continued]

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The Candela Hydrofoil C-8 & P-12 Blows My Mind Out Of The Water

November 16, 2024 admin all-electric boats, boats, candela, candela c-8, candela p-12, clean transport, electric boats, hydrofoils, Stockholm

Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:06:57 +0000

A press release is out on Candela’s new P-12 and how it has begun service as public transport on the waterways of Stockholm, Sweden. But before we get into that, I want you to close your eyes. Well, I mean, your inner eye, because I want you to keep reading … [continued]

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Evoy Vita Introduces the World’s Most Powerful Electric Outboard Motor to the US

November 4, 2024 admin boats, clean transport, electric boats, Electric vehicles, evoy, Florida

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:39:03 +0000

Electric boats are a promising whisper-quiet choice as the marine industry advances toward a decarbonized future. Our cherished coastlines and bodies of water will benefit from the presence of silent ships and boats. The good news is that they are now making their way to a less serene area, the … [continued]

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