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GREEN BATTERIES

John Waterhouse Robert Ekse Brian King

EBDG

ABB, which worked with Louis Dreyfus Armateurs with been tapped to supply power solutions for 10 hybrids to be its SOVs, has also been active in the passenger sector. Most built for Portuguese operator Transtejo, for fast ferry routes recently, ABB Marine & Ports announced that it would sup- on the Tagus River around Lisbon. ply Casco Bay Lines (Portland, Maine) with an integrated ABB solutions have also been deployed in Niagara Falls, hybrid-electric power and propulsion package, as well as a where Maid of the Mist boats carry tourists around the Falls; shoreside charging apparatus, for a new 599-passenger ferry. the 2020 season saw two new all electric boats joining its

Serving the 2.2 nm run to Peaks Island across the Casco Bay, ? eet. “The latest generation Maid of the Mist vessels are the new vessel would enable carbon emissions from diesel welded aluminum catamarans with batteries powering twin fuel to be eliminated while tied up in port. With ABB’s On- electric propulsion motors capable of a total 400 kW output,” board DC Grid power distribution system, fuel consumption according to ABB. An onshore charging system complements can be optimized for varying loads. In a presentation to the the ESS a? oat.

community, CBL said that it had chosen 900kWh hybrid con- Fully battery powered vessels are already here, albeit ? guration (one of the four choices provided by EBDG, a con- working short runs. In 2015 Ampere, with capacity for the sultant on the project). The presentation also reveals that the 350 passengers and 120 cars, began operations on Norway’s hybrid vessel, with a capital cost of $13.97 million, was $3.7 Sognefjord connecting Oppedal and Lavik, a 5.5 km run. million more expensive than a diesel-powered vessel, oth- With Siemens as integrator, the 1090kWh battery pack erwise the same. In April, 2021, ABB announced that it had (with DC bus voltage of 850 – 1050) can be charged in un- www.marinelink.com 35

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