Ellen’s electric ferry covered 50 nautical miles – 92 kilometers – on a single charge during the International Energy Agency’s 7th Annual Conference on Energy Efficiency. Distance marks a new world record.
The islands of Ærø and Als in the south of Denmark are connected by Ellen, the world’s longest fully electric ferry. Ellen set a new world record on June 9 just outside the window in Sonderborg, Denmark, where industry, government and civil society leaders joined the International Energy Agency (IEA) to host the 7th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency. businessgreen.com.
Returning from a conference where participants explored how international energy efficiency ambitions can be translated into faster and stronger progress in the real world, Ellen reached 50 nautical miles – 92 kilometers on a single battery charge.
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A clean e-ferry record
Ellen does not emit harmful emissions and operates at a 24 percent lower cost than a new diesel ferry. She started breaking the waves in 2019.
The 92-kilometer trip with one battery charge is the largest planned distance anywhere in the world for an electric ferry capable of carrying both passengers and vehicles. We are talking about a clean record. During normal daily trips, the ferry travels 22 nautical miles or 40 kilometers from port to port before charging.
Henrik Hagbart Mikelsen, Senior Lecturer at the Marstall Maritime Academy in Denmark
Danfoss Editron plans to set this world record in the Guinness Book of Records.
Ellen is a great example of the future of electric transport. It is cleaner, greener and more efficient than its fossil fuel competitors. Electrification of maritime transport is a clear way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And Danfoss offers solutions for the construction of new electric ferries and the modernization of existing ones to electrify them with the potential to reduce carbon emissions worldwide.
Kimmo Rauma, Vice President of Danfoss Editron
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Found near electrical appliances. The love for new things has grown with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. Driving an electric car since the harsh winter of 2017 (-30 ° C) and has never stifled since.
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