Equipped with two 246 kWh battery packs, the ferry will exchange an older vessel that emitted over 300 tonnes of CO2 yearly.
Portugal’s first all electrical automobile/passenger ferry is to have a totally autonomous charging answer provided by Norway’s Zinus AS.
Ordered by the Municipality of Aveiro from shipbuilder Navaltagus, the vessel can be 37 meters lengthy and propelled by twin azimuthing thrusters and can be capable to carry as much as 260 passengers and 19 automobiles. It will function on a 1.5 kilometer lengthy route between Forte de Barra and São Jacinto.
It can be classed by Bureau Veritas as as a battery-system operated passenger vessel (✠I 5 (Z)•MACH Passenger vessel / Ferry / Battery system / IN (0.6)).
Equipped with two 246 kWh battery packs, the ferry will exchange an older vessel that emitted over 300 tonnes of CO2 yearly. By utilizing battery energy, the brand new ferry will eradicate dangerous emissions, enhance onboard consolation, restrict onboard noise, and cut back general vitality consumption by 30%.
CHARGING TOWERS
Zinus’s supply consists of two ZPP 550 charging towers that can be positioned onshore, in addition to one SWC 100 charging connection to be put in on board the ferry. The Zinus answer was chosen as the perfect various based mostly on its mild weight, small footprint, and operational benefits.
“We are very satisfied with this recognition, which again confirms the uniqueness of our fully autonomous shore to ship connection system. We are looking forward to work closer with the ETE group and Navaltagus,” says Ronny Olson, Sales Manager at Zinus.
Zinus can be concerned within the electrification of 10 passenger ferries working on the Tagus River in Portugal’s capital of Lisbon. The firm is in strategy of delivering a complete of 20 SWC 100 charging connections for this venture and was not too long ago additionally awarded a contract to ship 5 ZPP 700 charging towers, which can be put in at passenger terminals alongside the river.
