Hybrid ferry
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Hybrid ferries combine traditional diesel
power with electric battery
power, resulting in reductions in fossil fuel
consumption, carbon emissions and other pollutants.
confirmed Scottish Government funding to Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited
(CMAL) for the Low Emission Hybrid Ferries Project, which will see the development of the world’s first sea going Roll On Roll Off vehicle and passenger diesel electric hybrid ferries in Scotland
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Ferguson Shipbuilders
, Port Glasgow
, Scotland will be working alongside Glasgow based ship design specialists Seatec and electrical specialists Tec-Source to build two hybrid ferries accommodating 150 passengers, 23 cars or 2 HGVs, with a service speed of nine knots.
The ferries, which will be operated by the current operator of the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services, CalMac are designed for use on many of the short crossing routes around the Clyde and Hebrides and will use some of the most innovative new ‘green’ technology, including battery banks supplying a minimum of 20% of the energy consumed on board.
The vessel will be powered by small diesel generator sets, feeding power to a 400 volt switchboard, which will supply power to electric propulsion motors that turn the propellers. In addition, the battery banks will provide power to operate the vessel.
The ferries will charge overnight while they are moored on the islands they will serve and future plans include the use of energy from local wind, wave or solar systems to charge the batteries.
Building will commence later in 2011 and it is anticipated that the first vessel will enter service in late spring/early summer 2013, with the second following six months later.
Diesel
Diesel fuel in general is any liquid fuel used in diesel engines. The most common is a specific fractional distillate of petroleum fuel oil, but alternatives that are not derived from petroleum, such as biodiesel, biomass to liquid or gas to liquid diesel, are increasingly being developed and...
power with electric battery
Battery
Battery may refer to:*Artillery battery, an organized group of artillery pieces; also gun battery with similar groupings on warships*Battery , contact with another in a manner likely to cause bodily harm...
power, resulting in reductions in fossil fuel
Fossil fuel
Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years...
consumption, carbon emissions and other pollutants.
Development - Scotland
In February 2011 the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Keith BrownKeith Brown
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confirmed Scottish Government funding to Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited owns the ferries, ports, harbours and infrastructure for the ferry services serving the west coast of Scotland and the Clyde Estuary.CMAL is wholly owned by the Scottish Government, with Scottish Ministers as sole shareholders.-History:Until...
(CMAL) for the Low Emission Hybrid Ferries Project, which will see the development of the world’s first sea going Roll On Roll Off vehicle and passenger diesel electric hybrid ferries in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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Ferguson Shipbuilders
Ferguson Shipbuilders
Ferguson Shipbuilders Limited is a shipyard located in Port Glasgow on the River Clyde in Scotland. It is the last remaining shipbuilder on the lower Clyde, and is currently the only builder of merchant ships on the river - the company's mainstay has long been Roll-on/roll-off ferries.-History:The...
, Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow is the second largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16617 persons...
, Scotland will be working alongside Glasgow based ship design specialists Seatec and electrical specialists Tec-Source to build two hybrid ferries accommodating 150 passengers, 23 cars or 2 HGVs, with a service speed of nine knots.
The ferries, which will be operated by the current operator of the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services, CalMac are designed for use on many of the short crossing routes around the Clyde and Hebrides and will use some of the most innovative new ‘green’ technology, including battery banks supplying a minimum of 20% of the energy consumed on board.
The vessel will be powered by small diesel generator sets, feeding power to a 400 volt switchboard, which will supply power to electric propulsion motors that turn the propellers. In addition, the battery banks will provide power to operate the vessel.
The ferries will charge overnight while they are moored on the islands they will serve and future plans include the use of energy from local wind, wave or solar systems to charge the batteries.
Building will commence later in 2011 and it is anticipated that the first vessel will enter service in late spring/early summer 2013, with the second following six months later.