Tag: ferries
The Future Is Already Here, It’s Just Unevenly Distributed
Preparing to kick off the Burnaby Board of Trade’s 2026 Clean Energy Summit next month felt like the right moment to take inventory. Burnaby sits inside a province where roughly 98% of electricity is already non emitting, hosts a dense cluster of clean energy companies, and also contains a noticeable … [continued]
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Electric Everything: Updated
I did a series of three articles on this topic three years ago. What’s changed in the meantime? “Electric Everything” depends on modern battery technology. 100 years ago, electric vehicles used lead-acid batteries. It’s the same technology that gas cars still use today to power their starter motors. Those early … [continued]
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Why Shipping Is Quietly Aligning On Methanol & Hybrid Electric Systems
Shipping decarbonization is often discussed as a contest of fuels, but the more revealing story is how capital, engineering effort, and orders are actually moving. Over the past three years, the maritime sector has been forced to reconcile ambitious fuel narratives with operational reality. Engine manufacturers and ship buyers are … [continued]
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From Riverboats To Global Ports: CATL Is Winning The Shipping Electrification Race
CATL’s batteries and energy management systems are already operating in roughly 900 ships and vessels, a figure that on its own should reframe how maritime decarbonization is discussed. Shipping is conservative for structural reasons tied to safety, long asset lifetimes, and unforgiving certification regimes, so deployment at this scale signals … [continued]
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New Passenger & Car Ferry From Incat Is 100% Electric
Incat in Tasmania has completed a battery electric fast ferry for service between Argentina and Uruguay, thanks to European technology.
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