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Danfoss to apply for Guinness World Record after

E-ferry Ellen sails more than 90 kilometres on single

battery charge

he islands of Ærø and Als in Southern Denmark are talking about a clear record. On its normal, daily trips, the ferry
connected by Ellen, the longest ranging fully electric sails 22 nautical miles, or 40 kilometres, from harbour to harbour
Tferry in the world. Ellen set a new world record on June before recharging.”
9 just outside the windows in Sønderborg, Denmark, where Ellen does not emit carbon and operates at 24 percent lower
leaders from industry, government and civil society joined the cost than a new diesel ferry. She started sailing in 2019. Danfoss
International Energy Agency (IEA) for the 7th Annual Global has supplied electric Editron drive trains and propulsion motors
Conference on Energy Efficiency. On her return from the for the ferry.
conference, where participants explored how international Kimmo Rauma, vice president, Danfoss Editron said Ellen
ambition on energy efficiency can be translated into faster and is an excellent example of the future for electric transport.
stronger real-world progress, Ellen sailed 50 nautical miles – 92 It’s cleaner, greener, and more efficient than her fossil fuel
kilometres – on a single battery charge. competitors. Electrifying maritime transport is a clear-cut way to
Senior lecturer, Marstal Naval Academy, Denmark, Henrik reduce greenhouse gas emissions and Danfoss has the solutions
Hagbarth Mikkelsen, who helped specify the technical solutions to build new electric ferries and to retrofit existing ones to
for the ferry during its design-phase, was on-board for the electrify them, with the potential to reduce carbon emissions all
trip. “The 92 kilometre trip on a single battery charge is the over the world.”
longest planned distance for an electric ferry able to carry both Danfoss Editron plans to submit the world record to Guinness
passengers and vehicles to date, anywhere on the globe. We are World of Records.

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