Sibling comment is perfectly correct that it starts small and ramps up.
From that article:
> "The ferry format, with its high-frequency turnaround, relatively short segment distances, and shore-based rapid charging, is one of the most promising early use cases for electrification in the maritime sector. Maritime electrification has gained momentum over the past few years"
Early. Momentum.
Moving some noticeable percentage of ships away from fossil fuels is still a win.
I think we'll see a return to sailing at some point with diesel-electric hybrids in between (there are just too many advantages to that model). The sooner we kick the fossil fuels habit the better.
And this one, under construction now, will have a run time of 90 minutes and charge time of 40 minutes:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/electric-boat-battery-ship-ferry https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45844832
Sibling comment is perfectly correct that it starts small and ramps up.
From that article:
> "The ferry format, with its high-frequency turnaround, relatively short segment distances, and shore-based rapid charging, is one of the most promising early use cases for electrification in the maritime sector. Maritime electrification has gained momentum over the past few years"
Early. Momentum.
Moving some noticeable percentage of ships away from fossil fuels is still a win.