Solar ferry
Solar ferry Helio on the Untersee (Lake Constance)
A solar ferry is a ferry that is powered with the help of solar collectors , accumulators and electric motors. If the solar radiation is too low, diesel generators are used to generate electricity or the accumulators are charged via the power grid.
Solar ferries in Germany
- Berlin BVG ferry lines
- Solar ferry Helio - on the Untersee (Lake Constance) in Germany and Switzerland
- Solar ferry PetraSolara - across the Weser between Hävern and Windheim in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Solar ferry Insel Reichenau - on the Untersee between the island Reichenau (D) and Mannenbach (CH)
- Solar ferry Sole Mio - on Lake Constance between Konstanz (D) and Kreuzlingen (CH)
- Solar ferries Marie Hoffmann I and Marie Hoffmann II - across the Aller between Otersen and the west in Lower Saxony
- Solar ferry Gravena - across the Weser near Grave in Lower Saxony
Web links
Commons : Solar Ships - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Claus-Dieter Steyer: New ferries for Berlin - Baltic Sea barges operate for the BVG , Der Tagesspiegel , January 10, 2013
- ↑ White Fleet will in future operate solar ferries on the Spree , Ostsee-Zeitung , November 22, 2013
- ↑ Formstaal is building four solar ships for the Spree ( Memento from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , Ostsee-Zeitung, December 6, 2013
- ↑ Solar-Bodensee ferry Helio , on solarfaehre.de
- ↑ Solar ferry Insel Reichenau on solarfaehre-reichenau.de
- ↑ Sole Mio solar ferry , at sole-mio.info