The NordnesGruppen trawler “Nordbas” will feature an integrated power system that will allow the vessel to go diesel free for hours and run on renewable electricity. The super-efficient vessel will undergo a retrofit at the Kleven shipyard in Norway for NordnesGruppen, a Norwegian based owner....
A zero-emission, hybrid hydrogen and battery tug that is capable of pushing a 1,400 metric ton loaded barge from Berlin to Hamburg has just been developed. It seemed impossible at first, but a German consortium led by Gerd Holbach, a professor at Technischen Universität Berlin (TU Berlin),...
The first 8 zero-emission Catterpillar excavators are ready for operation. EST-Floattech has been chosen as the preferred supplier of ESS for Pon Equipment and delivered in total 2400 kWh ( 300kWh per excavator). This is the first zero-emission excavator of this size in the world. From...
Next in line in the electrification of ferry traffic is the Elvy, owned by Västtrafik. Two battery packs (each 504 kWh) of our DNV-GL approved Green Orca 1050 are installed. Elvy is ready for operation and will sail on the Göta River, transferring passengers in...
Energy storage of EST-Floattech for plug-in hybrid ferry of Schlepp- und Fährschifffahrt Kiel (SFK) The vessel name will be Gaarden and is the first new generation hybrid ferry of 32m long and 8m wide. The hybrid ferry will be propelled by two fixed propellers driven by...
Weisse Flotte Potsdam has commissioned Schiffswerft Bolle to build a battery-hybrid inland passenger excursion vessel. EST-Floattech will provide the lithium battery packs for the ship, which is expected to be launched early in the second quarter of 2019. The hybrid vessel, christened ‘Schwielowsee’, will be equipped...
Sendo Liner will sail through Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Friesland using EST-Floattech lithium batteries. It will be the first inland barge that can sail without emissions for longer periods of time, thanks to the battery pack. The Sendo Liner, a 110 x 11.45-meter inland barge developed by...
Ekofish Group, a family firm from the fishing village of Urk that focuses on sustainable fishery, has set the goal of building the most sustainable fishing vessel possible. In order to realise that goal, the company has selected both Pon Power and EST-Floattech as suppliers....
Right on schedule, the Scheldestroom - the third multi-purpose vessel developed and built by Bijlsma Wartena for Rijkswaterstaat - slid down the slipway on the morning of Friday, 2 November 2018. All of the parties involved in the vessel’s construction were in attendance for the...
The Norwegian company Fjord Maritime recently signed several contracts for the power supply for different fish farms. EST-Floattech is honoured to supply the battery power for the latest innovative energy supply concept launched by Fjord Maritime, the Fjord Hybrid®. Booming Aquaculture in Norway As the aquaculture industry...