Supercharged electric ferry launched in Sweden
SWEDEN GREEN FERRY
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Stockholm - 15 September 2014
1. Wide of Green City Ferries' ship Movitz, claimed to be the first supercharged electrical passenger boat in the world
2. Various of Movitz on water
3. Various of passengers on top deck
4. Captain driving ferry
5. Captain touching control screen
6. Close of screen showing current battery charge
7. Extreme close of screen showing current battery charge
8. Crew member getting cable for battery charging
9. Close of crew member attaching cable to charging point on ship
10. Close of crew member activating charging by pulling leaver
11. Hans Thornell, Green City Ferries CEO, speaking to captain
12. SOUNDBITE: (Swedish) Hans Thornell, Green City Ferries CEO
This uses supercharging which means that she can drive for an hour and then charge for about 10 minutes to charge the batteries. With supercharging you can utilise your ship much more compared to the situation where you have to have to charge the ship all night.
13. Close of Green City Ferries logo
14. Close of charging cable
15. SOUNDBITE: (Swedish), Hans Thornell, Green City Ferries CEO:
The advantage is definitely that it is more environmentally friendly. A diesel driven ship of this size will emit a lot of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and other particles that are directly harmful to people. Here we have control over the whole electricity supply, we partly own a wind power station, so we have control from propeller to propeller.
16. Passengers boarding ship
17. Various of captain steering ship
18. Hand on controls
19. SOUNDBITE: (Swedish) Stephan De Leon, Captain:
The biggest difference is that it is quieter. And there are a lot less vibrations
20. Ship on water
21. Wide of captain's deck
22. Close of window
23. Wide of restaurant and seating area
24. Man looking out the window
25. Wide of shore
26. Wide of Stockholm city hall
27. Boats and buildings by waterfront
28. Old coal driven boat in water
29. Stefan Henningsson, climate change expert at WWF Stockholm, walking past camera
30. SOUNDBITE: (Swedish) Stefan Henningsson, climate change expert at WWF Stockholm:
Some 80 percent of the world's fossil reserves like coal, oil and gas, have to stay in the ground and not be emitted for us to stay under 2 degrees (Celsius) global warming. But at the same time we humans want to live a better life - and we have to make that possible with an alternative to using more coal, gas and oil. So to replace a boat running on diesel with a boat running on electricity, especially when the electricity is produced using wind power, is an important step in the direction of letting the oil, gas and coal stay in the ground.
31. Rear of boat
32. Various of boat
LEADIN:
A Swedish company has launched what it claims is the world's first supercharged electric passenger ferry.
The 23 meter long ferry currently runs 20 trips a week from central Stockholm, taking commuters and tourists to the western end of the capital.
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This might look like any other passenger ferry.
But this boat could give an indication of how boats and ships will be powered in the future.
The Movitz operates in central Stockholm and is powered by an electric motor, rather than the usual diesel engines most boats have.
The ferry started operating in central Stockholm last month taking a route from the centre of the city out to the western suburbs before returning.
In total the ferry takes 20 trips a week, carrying around 600 passengers between Gamla Stand and Solna.
Hans Thornell is the CEO of Green City Ferries, the company that developed and operates the ferry, explains:
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Trials of the world's fastest all-electric commuter ferry
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Experts in Sweden are trialling the world's fastest electric commuter ferry - a supercharged vessel capable of hitting top speeds of 30 knots (approx. 56 kilometres per hour).
Those involved in the project believe the vessel's speed, range and low environmental impact will convince commuters to trade in their daily drive for a waterborne journey instead.
STORY-LINE:
Just outside Stockholm's busy city centre, a future vision of urban travel is being trialled and optimised.
Travelling at around 25 knots (approx. 46.3 kilometres per hour) through this calm Swedish waterway is the air-supported BB Green electric commuter demo vessel named 'Airiel'.
Instead of a chugging motor down in its hull, there's this humming 200kWh Lithium Ion Titanate battery bank.
That, combined with the boat's unique design, delivers fast, waterborne transport and emission-free travel.
With the traffic congestion you're experiencing in most cities and the urbanisation coming up, you can't expand the roads how much you want, but there is a lot of space on the waterways. So, why not use the waterways? says Hans Thornell, CEO of Green City Ferries:
If you look here in Stockholm, for example, there's very few boats and a lot of cars.
BB Green is a European Union-funded project that includes eight different collaborating organisations.
Its goal is to create a fast, 30-knot (approx. 56 kilometres per hour) commuter ferry that can accommodate around 75 people, plus 15 bicycles.
The aim is to eventually source energy for recharging the batteries from sustainable sources, such as wind, hydro or tidal power.
BB Green vessels are initially intended to have a range of up to 14 nautical miles (approx. 26 kilometres) at high speeds.
Those involved with the project believe the rapidly recharging batteries make it a competitive choice for a number of routes and commuter journeys.
The battery technology is evolving very, very fast, says Thornell.
A couple of years ago, when we introduced super-charging it was quite new, now it's common.
You can charge this boat, for example, you can run for half an hour and you get around 20 kilometres away, and then you charge for, let's say 15 minutes with a quite high current and that is thanks to the new battery technology.
This 20 by 6 metre demo boat has been a long time in the making, around eight years.
The BB Green project was first initiated in 2008. It gained the funding it needed in 2011.
The boat was constructed in Riga, Latvia and first launched in June.
Now being extensively trialled and optimised on Stockholm's calm waterways, it's also being demonstrated to a host of transport authorities and regional bosses from across Europe.
When people have been talking about electric boats or zero-emission boats, they have thought old fashioned ways, says Ulf Tudem, CEO of Effect Ships International AS, a Norwegian ship design company involved with the project.
They thought; 'Okay, we would like to go eight knots, seven knots, like 15 kilometres per hour,' we said; 'Why don't we faster? Like 30 knots?' And people have said; 'Is that possible, we can do 55 kilometres per hour on the boat?
Key to the ferry's high speeds is its unique Air Supported Vessel (ASV) technology that reduces water resistance by around 40 percent.
Using an electric fan system and its unique hull shape, approximately 80 percent of the vessel's weight is supported on a cushion of air.
We take an air-cushioned vessel, a new fashion of an air-cushioned vessel, we combine it with state-of-the-art building techniques like carbon fibre, and then we have the best propulsion system, like Volvo IPS system, says Tudem.
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Trials of the world's fastest all-electric commuter ferry
(27 Oct 2016) LEAD IN:
Experts in Sweden are trialling the world's fastest electric commuter ferry - a supercharged vessel capable of hitting top speeds of 30 knots (approx. 56 kilometres per hour).
Those involved in the project believe the vessel's speed, range and low environmental impact will convince commuters to trade in their daily drive for a waterborne journey instead.
STORY-LINE:
Just outside Stockholm's busy city centre, a future vision of urban travel is being trialled and optimised.
Travelling at around 25 knots (approx. 46.3 kilometres per hour) through this calm Swedish waterway is the air-supported BB Green electric commuter demo vessel named 'Airiel'.
Instead of a chugging motor down in its hull, there's this humming 200kWh Lithium Ion Titanate battery bank.
That, combined with the boat's unique design, delivers fast, waterborne transport and emission-free travel.
With the traffic congestion you're experiencing in most cities and the urbanisation coming up, you can't expand the roads how much you want, but there is a lot of space on the waterways. So, why not use the waterways? says Hans Thornell, CEO of Green City Ferries:
If you look here in Stockholm, for example, there's very few boats and a lot of cars.
BB Green is a European Union-funded project that includes eight different collaborating organisations.
Its goal is to create a fast, 30-knot (approx. 56 kilometres per hour) commuter ferry that can accommodate around 75 people, plus 15 bicycles.
The aim is to eventually source energy for recharging the batteries from sustainable sources, such as wind, hydro or tidal power.
BB Green vessels are initially intended to have a range of up to 14 nautical miles (approx. 26 kilometres) at high speeds.
Those involved with the project believe the rapidly recharging batteries make it a competitive choice for a number of routes and commuter journeys.
The battery technology is evolving very, very fast, says Thornell.
A couple of years ago, when we introduced super-charging it was quite new, now it's common.
You can charge this boat, for example, you can run for half an hour and you get around 20 kilometres away, and then you charge for, let's say 15 minutes with a quite high current and that is thanks to the new battery technology.
This 20 by 6 metre demo boat has been a long time in the making, around eight years.
The BB Green project was first initiated in 2008. It gained the funding it needed in 2011.
The boat was constructed in Riga, Latvia and first launched in June.
Now being extensively trialled and optimised on Stockholm's calm waterways, it's also being demonstrated to a host of transport authorities and regional bosses from across Europe.
When people have been talking about electric boats or zero-emission boats, they have thought old fashioned ways, says Ulf Tudem, CEO of Effect Ships International AS, a Norwegian ship design company involved with the project.
They thought; 'Okay, we would like to go eight knots, seven knots, like 15 kilometres per hour,' we said; 'Why don't we faster? Like 30 knots?' And people have said; 'Is that possible, we can do 55 kilometres per hour on the boat?
Key to the ferry's high speeds is its unique Air Supported Vessel (ASV) technology that reduces water resistance by around 40 percent.
Using an electric fan system and its unique hull shape, approximately 80 percent of the vessel's weight is supported on a cushion of air.
We take an air-cushioned vessel, a new fashion of an air-cushioned vessel, we combine it with state-of-the-art building techniques like carbon fibre, and then we have the best propulsion system, like Volvo IPS system, says Tudem.
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【K】Sweden Travel-Stockholm[스웨덴 여행-스톡홀름]여름에만 개장하는 놀이공원 그뢰나 룬드/Green Grove/amusement park/tango
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여름이면 유독 사람들이 몰리는 곳이 있다. 바로, 스웨덴에서 가장 오래된 놀이공원인데 이곳은 여름에만 개장한단다. 겨울엔 너무 추워 개장을 하지 않는 놀이공원의 특수성 때문에 스웨덴 사람들은 꼬박 일 년의 기다림 끝에 놀이공원에 올 수 있다. 아이들만 여름을 기다리는 건 아니다. 그뢰나 룬드 놀이공원은 다양한 이벤트와 행사로도 유명하다. 일주일에 한 번 열리는 탱고파티를 즐기기 위해 먼 도시에서도 이곳을 찾아 올 정도란다.
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If the summer is where people gather poisonous. Immediately, the oldest amusement park in Sweden inde It is open only in summer stumbles. Because of peculiarities of the amusement park in winter is not too cold to open the Swedish people can wait a full year to the amusement park at the end of the year. Children are not the only thing waiting for the summer. That roena Lund amusement park is famous for its various events and occasions. Once a week in a distant city to enjoy a tango party held Landau level to come find here.
[Sweden: Google Translator]
Om sommaren är där människor samlas giftiga. Omedelbart den äldsta nöjespark i Sverige Inde Det är öppet endast under sommar snubblar. På grund av egenheter i nöjesparken på vintern är inte för kallt att öppna svenska folket kan vänta ett helt år till nöjesparken i slutet av året. Barn är inte det enda som väntar på sommaren. Det Roena Lund är känd för sina olika evenemang och tillfällen. En gång i veckan i en avlägsen stad att njuta av en tango partiet höll Landau nivå för att komma hittar här.
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Stockholm, Sweden: Gamla Stan
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통나무와 섬을 뜻하는 두 단어가 만들어 낸 이름, 스톡홀름 1255년 무렵 구시가에 통나무로 성을 쌓아 도시의 기초를 마련한 것에서 유래되었다. 유럽의 베네치아로 불리며, 800년 역사의 유서 깊은 도시. 13세기 중반, 구시가지인 감라스탄 지역의 언덕 위에 사람들이 모여 살면서 요새를 만들고 도시를 형성해 발전했다. 14개의 섬이 57개의 다리로 연결된 호반의 도시 스톡홀름은 푸르른 경관과 그윽한 역사가 조화를 이룬 매력적인 도시이다. 스톡홀름의 여름은 인디고 빛깔이 강렬한 바다를 향유하는 크루즈에서 만날 수 있다. 물과 섬의 도시인만큼 크루즈나 배를 이용한 이동이 그 어떤 곳보다 편리하게 되어 있다.
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There are two words that mean the cabins and made island built a name Nancy, Stockholm 1255 as a log in the old town around castle was derived from laid the foundation of the city. It referred to as Europe's Venice, the historic city of 800 years of history. The mid-13th century, the old town of Gamla Stan area on a hill acquaintances who are living together to create a fortress was formed to develop the city. The lakeside city of 14 islands connected by 57 bridges in Stockholm is a charming city achieved a lush scenery and profound harmony history. Stockholm in summer may meet in cruise indigo hues enjoy the intense sea. The move by the city as a cruise ship or in the water and island are conveniently than any other place.
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Det finns två ord som betyder hytter och gjorde ön byggt ett namn Nancy, Stockholm 1255 som en stock i gamla stan runt slottet härstammar från lade grunden till staden. Det kallas Europas Venedig, den historiska staden 800 år av historia. Mitten av 13-talet, var den gamla staden Gamla Stan område på en kulle bekanta som lever tillsammans för att skapa en fästning bildats för att utveckla staden. Sjön Staden 14 öar sammanlänkade av 57 broar i Stockholm är en charmig stad uppnått en grönskande landskap och djup harmoni historia. Stockholm sommaren får sammanträda i cruise indigo nyanser njuta av intensiva havet. Flytten av staden som ett kryssningsfartyg eller i vattnet och ön är bekvämt än någon annan plats.
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Lake Malaren Stockholm, Sweden 斯德哥爾摩 梅拉倫湖遊船之旅
Lake Mälaren in southeastern Sweden, extending from Stockholm to west and 120 km long and 2-40 km wide and 64 meters deep. The lake eastward through the Strait injected Baltic. By boat from the harbor in front of the Stockholm City Hall, Queen's Island, the Swedish summer the most beautiful season to enjoy by overlooking the Stockholm City Hall on a cruise. Water green island wooded villa refined elegance, this is a travel best season.
瑞典東南部的梅拉倫湖, 從斯德哥爾摩向西延伸, 長120公里，寬2-40公里，深64米。湖水向東通過海峽，注入波羅的海。從斯德哥爾摩市政廳前的港口，乘船前往皇后島, 瑞典夏季最美的季節, 享受由遊船上遠眺斯德哥爾摩市政廳。湖水碧綠，島嶼林木茂盛，別墅玲瓏雅致, 這是旅遊最美的時候
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The Viking Grace, a cruise ferry that follows a route between Stockholm in Sweden and Turku in Finland has gone through a maritime revolution. This ferry is fuelled by LNG and is a pioneer when it comes to green passenger ships.
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Tullgarn Palace virtual walk: green, grey and a pink palace (scenery for treadmill)
About an hour from Stockholm, on a rather rainy day in the begining of June.
About the place from the tourist office: Tullgarn, close to Trosa in Sörmland – Södermanland – is one of Sweden’s most popular royal excursions. The royal summer palace, less than an hour’s journey by car from Stockholm, provides solace for body and soul. Behind the rather severe facade, visitors will be surprised by the light interiors, a blend of the rococo, Gustavian and Victorian styles.
Tullgarn is associated with King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria, who spent their summers here in the late 1800s and the early years of the 20th century. But the palace was a royal out-of-town residence as far back as the 1770s, when the state presented it to Duke Fredrik Adolf. Admire the Duke’s interiors, which rank among the finest in Sweden.
Rest a while in the courtyard and savour the fresh sea breeze. Enjoy a cup of coffee in the stables or the Orangery. Or unpack your picnic basket by one of the ponds. The fantastic palace grounds are ideal for picnics and games, and here you will also find the Slottsboden gift shop, café and inn. In other words, Tullgarn makes the perfect excursion for all the family!
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Vlog 9 - Stockholm, Sweden
We ventured to the Swedish capital, Stockholm for a long weekend..........
The Best of Sweden - Stockholm by Boat 1 (2)
UNDER THE BRIDGES OF STOCKHOLM (part 1)
This trip takes you under fifteen bridges and pass through two locks connecting the Baltic Sea with Lake Mälaren.
The Boat pass many of the citys sights as we slide by the different parts of Stockholm. Outside the window you will see the inner city, the Old Town, the islands Södermalm, Lilla and Stora Essingen, the new area Hammarby Sjöstad and the green areas of Djurgården.
This boat tour is a perfect sightseeing trip when visiting Stockholm. Get a feel for the islands making Stockholm such a beauty on water. Information:
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Royal Canal Tour in Stockholm - Sweden 4K Travel Channel
The Royal Canal tour leads around the island of Djurgarden through the green Stockholm. It starts at the Strömkajen on the peninsula Blasieholmen, east of Kungsträdgarden. Here was once the island Käpplingen. But it got connected to Norrmalm in the 17th century and became the peninsula Blasieholmen.
We pass the National Museum and the museum quay. Some of the ships here were restored true to the original and are partly still driven by steam-driven engines.
Past the Royal Dramatic Theater, we reach the most fashionable residential area of Stockholm, the district of Östermalm. The boulevard Strandvägen with its chic buildings is the first address for famous personalities such as Björn Borg, or Per Gessle, the singer of Roxette.
On the right is the island of Djurgarden. Djurgarden is almost 4 km long and 1 km wide.
Djurgarden is the Swedish word for a game park. Until 1809, it was the royal hunting ground. Today, it belongs to the only National City Park in Sweden founded in 1995.
The Djurgården canal forms the northern border of the island. The canal opened in 1834 after a 10-year construction period. Before this, this was a natural waterway, which silted up by the Scandinavian postglacial rebound. Then King Charles XIV erected this canal.
On the island of Djurgarden is the open-air museum Skansen. It is the oldest open-air museum in the world and the only one which is home to wild animals.
But Djurgarden is also home to the Vasa Museum, the Abba Museum, the Nordic Museum and not to forget Junibacken. The Museum Junibacken is dedicated to Swedish children's literature, especially those of Astrid Lindgren.
There are also amusement parks such as Gröner Lund, a Circus, guest houses, villas, and pleasure palaces.
Our excursion boat circumnavigates the island so that we can gain a good impression not only from the canal but also from Stockholm harbor. The gigantic cruise liners and ferries fascinate us again and again.
Passing the old town of Gamla Stan with the royal castle, the Royal Canal Tour ends again at Strömkajen.
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Die Royal Canal Tour führt durch das grüne Stockholm rund um die Insel Djurgarden. Sie beginnt am Strömkajen auf der Halbinsel Blasieholmen östlich von Kungsträdgarden. Hier war früher die Insel Käpplingen, die im 17. Jahrhundert durch die Verbindung mit Norrmalm zur Halbinsel wurde.
Wir passieren das Nationalmuseum und den Museumskai. Hier liegen einige originalgetreu restaurierte Schiffe, die teilweise noch von Dampfmaschinen angetrieben werden.
Vorbei am Königlichen Dramatischen Theater erreichen wir die vornehmste Wohngegend Stockholms, den Stadtteil Östermalm. Die Prachtstraße Strandvägen mit ihren mondänen Gebäuden ist die erste Adresse für berühmte Persönlichkeiten, wie Björn Borg, oder Per Gessle, den Sänger von Roxette.
Am Auf der rechten Seite taucht bereits die Insel Djurgarden auf. Djurgarden ist fast 4 km lang und 1 km breit.
Djurgarden bedeutet Tierpark, da es bis 1809 das königliche Jagdrevier war. Heute gehört es zum einzigen Nationalstadtpark Schwedens, der 1995 gegründet wurde.
Im Norden ist Djurgarden durch den Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen begrenzt. Dieser wurde 1834 nach einer 10-jährigen Bauzeit eröffnet. Davor war dies eine natürliche Wasserstraße, die aber durch die skandinavische Landhebung verlandete. König Karl XIV. Ließ daraufhin diesen Kanal errichten.
Auf der Insel Djurgarden liegt das Freilichtmuseum Skansen. Es ist das älteste Freilichtmuseum der Welt und das einzige in dem auch Wildtiere leben.
Djurgarden beherbergt aber auch das Vasa-Museum, das Abba-Museum, das Nordische Museum und nicht zu vergessen Junibacken. Das Museum Junibacken ist der schwedischen Kinderliteratur, insbesondere der von Astrid Lindgrens gewidmet.
Weiterhin gibt es auch Vergnügungsstätten, wie Gröner Lund, ein Zircus, Gasthäuser, Villen und Lustschlösser.
Unser Ausflugsboot umrundet die Insel, sodass wir nicht nur vom Kanal, sondern auch von Stockholms Hafen eine guten Eindruck gewinnen können,
Immer wieder faszinieren uns die riesigen Kreuzfahrtschiffe und Fähren.
Vorbei an der Altstadt Gamla Stan mit dem königlichen Schloss endet die Royal Canal Tour wieder am Strömkajen.
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