The Scandlines zero-emission ferry challenge, introduced in November 2021 and which is able to consequence on the planet’s largest electric-powered hybrid ferry, will run on a complicated 10 MWh lithium-ion battery vitality storage system (BESS) from Leclanché.
Leclanché will provide a state-of-the-art GNMC battery system (65 Ah cells) with a capability of 10,028 kWh with a most voltage of 864 volts assured for 10 years. The BESS makes use of a extremely redundant structure with 48 battery strings distributed throughout 8 switchboards. Supply will start in January 2023.
Leclanché SA is a supplier of lithium-ion battery powered marine battery programs for electrical and hybrid maritime vessels. It joins a roster of famend firms chosen to offer vital elements, programs, and experience to the Puttgarten Rødby 2024 (PR24) vessel together with Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime and Norwegian Electrical Methods (NES). The ferry was designed by LMG Marin AS, Norway, and can be constructed at Cemre Shipyard in Turkey.
The “RoPax” or roll-on, roll-off freight ferry is predicted to enter service in 2024. It’s going to join Puttgarden ferry harbour, on the German island of Fehmarn, with Rødby ferry harbour on the island of Lolland in Denmark—a distance of 18.5 km.
The battery expertise chosen for the Scandlines PR24 challenge is among the many most superior and protected utilized in marine battery programs. Leclanché is among the solely marine battery system suppliers to fabricate its personal lithium-ion battery cells to exacting requirements in its German manufacturing facility. As well as, it builds modules on its state-of-the-art automated meeting line, in Yverdon, Switzerland. Leclanché’s Marine Rack System (MRS) helps vessel homeowners and operators to fulfill and even surpass worldwide marine rules for SOx and NOx emissions.
The MRS BESS is modular and scalable and options an built-in cooling and lively security system. Leclanché’s liquid-cooled battery programs gives quite a few benefits over air-cooled batteries together with improved security, quicker charging, longer lifetime, smaller footprint and decrease vitality consumption.
The Scandlines zero direct emission freight ferry can be 147.4 meters lengthy, 25.4 meters vast and 5.3 meters design draft. The double-ended ferry’s freight capability can be 66 freight models carrying a most of 140 passengers at a 10-knot service velocity. As a hybrid ferry, her crossing time between the 2 ports can be 45 minutes. In absolutely electrical mode, crossing time is 70 minutes and the ferry is emission-free.
