Green Options » passenger ship http://greenoptions.com/tag/passenger-ship Posts tagged 'passenger ship' Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en First Fuel Cell-Powered Passenger Ship Launching Later This Year http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/03/first-fuel-cell-powered-passenger-ship-launching-later-this-year/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/03/first-fuel-cell-powered-passenger-ship-launching-later-this-year/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:49:46 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/03/first-fuel-cell-powered-passenger-ship-launching-later-this-year/ zemship
When you think about fuel cell-powered transportation, you probably also think about automobiles. But Proton Power Systems might just change your perspective. PPS claims to have launched the world’s first fuel cell-powered passenger ferry. The ferry marks the first use of fuel cells in marine passenger transport.

The Zemship runs on a hybrid unit consisting of two 48 kW fuel cell systems and a lead gel battery— a combination that has twice the fuel efficiency of a diesel engine.

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