Hybrid technology for new emerging markets: inductive charging

Ship&Offshore | Issue GreenTech/2016

Hybrid technology for new emerging markets: inductive charging

July 2016 | Ingve Sørfonn

CONVERSION The double-ended car ferry Folgefonn, as part of the pre-commercial activities in hybrid systems introduction, has been converted from a diesel-electric ferry to a complete plug-in hybrid and plug-in electrical ferry. In the following, Ingve Sørfonn, chief expert in the Engineering division of Finland’s Wärtsilä Marine Solutions, details the project and the technical specifications of hybrid propulsion.

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