Scheduled for distribution in May 2021, the 800-passenger Ice Class 1A very ferryboat will certainly have a products ability of 1,500 lane-meters for vehicles on 2 freight decks
Vaasa, Finland, headquartered WE Tech Solutions Oy (WE Tech) is to provide an innovative crossbreed electrical propulsion service for the Wasaline RoPax ferryboat on order at shipbuilder Rauma Marine Construction Oy (see earlier tale).
The WE Tech range of supply consists of propulsion drives, power storage space system (battery financial institutions and also DCDC converters), primary propulsion switchboards, coast link switchgears, power monitoring system and also the propulsion control system.
Scheduled for distribution in May 2021, the 800-passenger Ice Class 1A very ferryboat will certainly have a products ability of 1,500 lane-meters for vehicles on 2 freight decks and also will certainly be running daily in the Gulf of Bothnia in between the city of Vaasa in Finland and also city of Ume å in Sweden.
The crossbreed propulsion service incorporates double gas (LNG/biogas and also diesel/SCR) equipment and also batteries, attached to azimuth thrusters/pods.
The vessel will certainly be furnished with 4 generators that provide power for propulsion and also electric power need in regular cruising setting. A no discharge cruising setting makes use of battery financial institutions just for vessel’s propulsion and also electric power need and also is launched in harbor handling setting. While fixed in the harbor, the vessel’s electric system and also re-charging of the power storage space system will certainly be provided by the high-power coast link.
The power storage space system (ESS) which is attached to the typical DC-link of the primary propulsion drives supplies power for peak-shaving and also back-up performance, and also as a solitary supply when in absolutely no discharge cruising setting.
WE Tech will certainly provide the specialized power and also power monitoring system (DPMS) to manage the power circulation and also various procedure settings in addition to user interface with the vessel’s automation system. Also, as the vessel’s bow thrusters are fed using specialized inverters attached to the typical DC-link.
“It is an honor for WE Tech to develop and deliver the most energy efficient and reliable solution for a vessel that is built at a Finnish shipyard in close vicinity to Vaasa, and that the vessel will operate from Vaasa, which also is our home town,” claims Mårten Storbacka, Managing Director of WETech Solutions “Our tailored solution will help Wasaline to create substantial savings as well as reduce their carbon footprint.”
