Battery power

The use of batteries as a main source of propulsion power for inland and coastal ships has passed a significant milestone, after Foreship delivered its Ship Applicability Type Technical Report to partners of the EU-funded research and innovation Current Direct project. The project has estimated that the use of swappable batteries and Energy-as-Service platform could cut as much as 482,000 mt of CO ₂ equivalents from water transport emissions in Europe each year. With the average age of vessels operating on the Rhine standing at 50 years, the new Foreship analysis identifies a market size of up to 6,000 inland vessels as eligible for a battery-power electric solution.