Ferguson Shipbuilders hybrid ferries Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:28:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 World's First Hybrid Ferries to Be Built in Scotland, Powered by Renewables https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scotland-hybrid-ferries-20111109/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scotland-hybrid-ferries-20111109/#respond Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:28:10 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21096 According to the Scottish government, Ferguson Shipbuilders won a $32 million (£20 million) contract to build the world’s first hybrid ferries. So far we’ve certainly seen similar “eco-friendly” ships such as the New York City based Hornblower Hybrid or a planned solar passenger ferry in China. Unlike hybrid vehicles that can recover energy from the […]

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