Overview

A consortium of 13 European partners has been awarded 11.7 Million Euros from EU’s Horizon2020 research programme to develop an electric high-speed passenger vessel to operate between Stavanger and Hommersåk on the west coast of Norway. The project will result in a new fully-electric high-speed vessel with zero emissions. In addition, new modular manufacturing methods will contribute to 25 per cent lower production costs and 70 per cent lower engineering costs. The project will also conduct two studies for the same type of vessel in London and Belgium to explore opportunities for similar zero emission vessels on selected routes in Europe.