With an 11.5-megawatt-hour battery system, the 639-foot Saint-Malo will ply the waters between France and England.
will be operational in 2024 and replace one of their older models on a route from St. Malo, France, to Portsmouth, England. A second hybrid ship will enter the fleet shortly thereafter.will have a battery with an 11.5 megawatt hour capacity, which Brittany Ferries says is about double the size of most hybrid marine vessels on the water today.
Wärtsilä, a Finnish technology group, is creating the ship’s hybrid propulsion system that can draw on both liquified natural gas and battery power to run. “The extensive battery size will allow the vessels to operate with full power, using both propellers and all thrusters to maneuver emissions-free in and out of ports, even in bad weather. The built-in shore power solution will charge the batteries while berthed,” explained Wärtsilä President and CEO Hakan Agnevall in a
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