Reject those who say that electric batteries is not a powerful enough system to drive large ships, the South American company Buquebús has shown that it is possible. That’s right it is about to leave the Australian shipyard where it was manufactured In the last few months it isThe world’s largest battery powered train and, therefore, it is zero output.
The ship will connect Argentina and Uruguay from next year and will make a visible demonstration that the efficiency has already reached large ships, not only small boats. Therefore, its implementation will be the most historic in the reduction of water pressure. Tasmania Incat is a company that is already finishing.
What the boat will look like once launched / Book
The ship, which will be called the ‘China Zorrilla’, will have propulsion power 2,100 people, including crew and passengers, and 225 vehicles, in addition to the house commercial space of more than 2,000 square meters.
Eight electric motors allow it to reach a maximum speed of 25 knots, about 46 kilometers per hour.
The process of running this train is a function of Empresa Wärtsiläwhich has designed and built a battery pack and hydrojets. In particular, the boat will have it eight electromagnets capable of driving multiple water jets. These hydrojets will propel the boat up to a maximum speed of 25 knots, that is, about 46 kilometers per hour.
The battery is made of a 40 Mwh pack. Not only that, the boat is equipped with modern equipment the fastest way to runwhich allows you to recharge the battery every time you stop, thanks to the mechanism developed by the aforementioned company.
A picture of a ship / Tasmanian Inca
He the amount of money the batteries will mean in the short term, in full supply therapeutic oil, They will make the train more profitable, according to Buquebús, which ushers in a new era of passenger transport.
170 million
Today, maritime services are facing serious challenges. Although the International Maritime Organization has committed to destroy this sector by the end of 2050, the fact is that the number of maritime traffic and the delay in the plans to achieve the goal make many experts do not believe that they can achieve the goal. However, it is possible and Buquebús is about to prove it.
The construction of the ‘China Zorrilla’ is the result of a financial agreement signed in the summer, when the ship was already there, between the company Buquebús, the Santander bank of Uruguay and the International Finance Corporation, which depends on the World Bank Group. , for a a total of 170 million dollars.
The boat takes its name from the famous Uruguayan player who spent a long time in Argentina and was a frequent passenger of the company.
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