The conversion of two HH Ferries to make them emissions-free is making headway following the selection of Öresund Dry Docks to carry out the work.
The M/F Tycho Brahe and M/F Aurora will be fitted with 4.16 MW of batteries from ABB. Both ferries will operate completely on battery power between Helsingør, Denmark and Helsingborg, Sweden, a distance of approximately 4 km.
It is estimated that emissions may be reduced by 50% across the entire fleet compared with current diesel operated vessels.
The conversions are part of ABB’s project to deliver the world’s largest emission-free ferries and will include the batteries, an energy storage control system and Onboard DC Grid technology. At both ends of the route ABB will supply the first automated shore-side charging stations using an ABB industrial robot, to optimise the charging period.
Tycho Brahe will begin its operation as a fully electric vessel following dry-docking, which is due to take place in April 2017. Aurora will undergo the same process in October 2017.
The SEK 300 million investment is co-financed with SEK 120 by INEA, the EU’s executive agency for innovation and network.
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