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Solar powered catamaran ferries may be quietly cruising the waters of the Broadwater and Nerang River on Queensland’s Gold Coast next year.<\/p>\n

The City of Gold Coast met with the State Government last week to discuss the potential for a 12-stop ferry service. The go-ahead was given to investigate the potential for a 2-year trial in partnership with the Department of Transport and Main Roads, Maritime Safety Queensland and Gold Coast Waterways Authority.<\/p>\n

Mayor Tom Tate said with the population of the Gold Coast<\/a> growing at a rapid clip, new types of public transport needed to be considered.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen incredible success with Gold Coast Light Rail, a whopping 33 per cent growth in patronage since Stage 2 came online in December last year,\u201d he stated<\/a>. \u201cThat means less people are using their cars, leading to less congestion on our roads. Solar-assisted ferries will be our version of light-rail-on-water.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MyGoldCoast reports<\/a> a tender process for the project may kick off late this year or early in 2019, with the\u00a0two-year trial envisioned to start mid to late next year.<\/p>\n

Passenger ferries using solar power are already operating in other parts of the world. For example, a craft in Kerala, India has been operational since January 2017.<\/p>\n

\"Aditya<\/p>\n

Aditya<\/a> is 20-metre-long and 7-metre-wide catamaran that offers a passenger ferry service between Vaikkom and Thavanakkadavu; a distance of approximately 2.5km. Aditya features 20kW of solar panels, two 20kW electric motors and 50kWh of lithium-ion battery storage.<\/p>\n

Closer to home, Perth’s Little Ferry Co<\/a> operates small solar electric ferries connecting Elizabeth Quay, On The Point, Optus Stadium and Claisebrook East Perth.<\/p>\n

\"Solar<\/p>\n

These vessels\u00a0 feature two 4kW Torqeedo<\/a> brushless electric motors and energy storage is in the form of 8 x 24V 200AH Li-ion batteries and a 1 x 12V 120AH “house” battery. These are charged by 16 x 120W solar panels<\/a> mounted on the ferry canopy. The batteries are topped up overnight via mains grid electricity. Little Ferry Co says when fully charged, the ferries have a battery life of approximately 12 hours, travelling at a cruising speed of 5 knots (around 9 kilometres an hour).<\/p>\n

Another Australian ferry, this one LPG, wind and solar powered, was Ocius Technology’s Solar Sailor.<\/p>\n

\"Solar<\/p>\n

Solar Sailor Lake Macquarie was put up for sale in 2014<\/a> after working on the Lake and before that, on Sydney Harbour. Ocius Technology no longer produces the craft and now focuses on marine drone development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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