A Game Changing approach to medium range ferry connections
Design/build
Validate/Demonstrate
Achieve impacts
Investigate market uptake
E-ferry: the project at a glance
E-ferry is a new project supported by the European initiative H2020 involving the design, building and demonstration of a fully electric powered ‘green’ ferry which can sail without polluting and CO2 emissions. It promotes energy efficient, zero GHG emission and air pollution, free waterborne transportation for island communities, coastal zones and inland waterways in Europe and beyond.
Τhe overall objective of E-ferry is to apply an extremely energy efficient design concept and demonstrate a 100% electric, emission free, medium sized ferry for passengers and cars, trucks and cargo1 in full-scale operation on longer distances than previously seen (> 5 nautical miles (Nm)) for electric drive train ferries, i.e. the medium range connections Soeby-Fynshav (10.7 Nm) and Soeby-Faaborg (9.6 Nm) in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea connecting the island of Aeroe (Ærø) to the mainland.
E-ferry, goes beyond current limitations of similar efforts targeting medium range connections and is likely to be the ferry with the largest battery pack ever installed in a vessel.
Objectives Impact E-ferry demonstration area Vessel Characteristics
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No [636027].
E-ferry:Prototype and full-scale demonstration of next generation 100% electrically powered ferry for passengers and vehicles
E-ferry is a new project co-funded by the EC under the H2020 Research and Innovation programme involving the design, building and demonstration of a fully electric powered ‘green’ ferry which can sail without polluting and CO2 emissions. It promotes energy efficient, zero GHG emission and air pollution free waterborne transportation for island communities, coastal zones and inland waterways in Europe and beyond.
H2020 Research and Innovation ( MG 4.1-2014: Towards the energy efficient and emission free vessel)
