Tycho Brahe (ship)

Tycho Brahe

The Tycho Brahe on the Oresund

Ship data flag  Denmark Ship type ferry home port Elsinore Shipyard Langsten Slip & Båtbyggeri, Tomrefjord , Norway Build number 156 Launch 1991

Ship dimensions and crew length 110.2 m ( Lüa ) width 28.2 m Draft Max. 5.5 m measurement 10845 BRZ / 3253 NRZ

Machine system machine 4 × diesel engine Machine performance 9,840 kW (13,379 hp)

Machine system from 2018 machine Battery electric drive Top speed 14.5 kn (27 km / h)

Transport capacities Load capacity 3060 dw

Others Registration numbers IMO. 9007116

The ferry Tycho Brahe has been connecting the Danish Helsingør with the Swedish Helsingborg since 1991 . The route across the Øresund is about 5 km long and takes 20 minutes.

The ship was named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and was christened by Queen Margaret II of Denmark .

The Tycho Brahe can carry 1250 passengers and 240 cars.

Conversion to battery-electric operation

The ferry and its sister ship Aurora af Helsingborg were converted to battery-electric operation in 2018 . The ships are loaded fully automatically with the help of a robotic arm and take five to nine minutes for the 20-minute crossing. One route requires around 1,175 kWh, the batteries have a capacity of 4,160 kWh. The conversion made it possible to reduce CO ₂ emissions on the route by around 65%, with the two converted ships covering the majority of the timetable. The diesel engines remained on the ship so that the ship remains navigable even with discharged batteries.

The EU supported the retrofitting as part of the Connecting Europe Facility with around 13.15 million euros. The total cost of the retrofitting came to SEK 300 million (almost EUR 30 million).

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1. ↑ M / S TYCHO BRAHE (1991). Retrieved January 2, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Hållbarhet | Startsida. Retrieved January 2, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Now the blue way is also the greenest one - HH Ferries becomes ForSea. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 2, 2019 ; accessed on January 2, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Zero Emission Ferries - a green link across the Oresund. European Commission, accessed January 2, 2019 . 
5. ↑ 2014-EU-TM-0489-S - Innovation and Networks Executive Agency - European Commission. Accessed January 2, 2019 .