![]() Check out the batteries on board (below) - the equivalent of 1,600 standard car batteries according to Siemens. The ferry’s use of 150 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per route equals about three days’ use of electricity in a typical Norwegian household. Hydropower supplies the lithium-ion battery charging stations at the piers with electricity. Thus, turnaround times are an opportunity for the ferry to recharge at the pier - recharging in just 10 minutes. Each pier has one lithium-ion battery as well as one on board the ferry. Siemens and Norled chose to install three battery packs. Siemens assessed that the power grid in the region was not well developed. However, “ZeroCast 120″ design is most definitely named for its 100% emissions-free operations. Norled owned the Ampere and named the design of the ferry for its holding capacity of 120. Siemens provides the battery technology to this shipyard, which is set appropriately on the southwest coast of Norway. Siemens shares that the lovely Ampere is designed and built by Fjellstrand shipyard. Doubling the lifetime of the hull, the aluminum hull also leaves behind the maintenance required of a steel hull. Thus, the ferry is just half as heavy as a conventional ferry - even with its 10-ton batteries and a capacity for 360 passengers and 120 vehicles. Steel is ordinarily used in shipbuilding. With a svelte catamaran hull, quite lightweight and made of aluminum, the vessel features an all-electric powertrain, with two electric motors with 450 kilowatts of output each. The ferry is 80 meters long and 20 meters wide. Siemens cites differences in the building process from many electric vehicles, saying the emission-free ferry was formed from the ground up. “We were pleased to apply our expertise in this field including electric propulsion systems to such a worthwhile project,” added Azar. “We are both optimistic and excited about this technology and how it will help shape the future of environmentally friendly maritime technology,” says Mario Azar, CEO of the Siemens Business Unit Oil & Gas and Marine. The planet-friendly, water-friendly design of Ampere came out ahead of all other competitors. Originating as a submission to a Norwegian Ministry of Transport competition, this innovative vessel won a 10-year license to operate the Lavik-Oppedal route beginning in 2015. gCaptain approves of the choice: “Obviously, the Ampere design won and the vessel has been in operation since early 2015.” The oil-burning, black smoke–producing ferry is passé. The battery-powered vessel, with a comfortable capacity of 120 cars and 360 passengers operating at about 10 knots, is apparently in service 365 days per year. The ferry is reportedly the first all-electric battery-powered car and passenger ferry in the world. ![]() First electrical car ferry in the world in operation in Norway nowĪ Norwegian emission-free ferry called the Ampere was granted the esteemed “Ship of the Year” award as the SMM trade show in September 2014.
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