Solar passenger ships Berlin

Passenger ships for scheduled services in Berlin

Since January 2014 FerryBear 1 and FerryBear 2 on the F11 and F12 lines, followed in April by the FerryBear 3 and FerryBear 4 on the F21 and F23 lines. They replace older ferries with diesel engines and instead rely on environmentally friendly propulsion: mostly with diesel engines. Solar power.

The modern catamarans are 18.5 metres long, 5.3 metres wide and have a Draught of only 0.6 metres. Your Service speed is 7 km/h, which Maximum speed at 12 km/h.

The ferries are powered by Electric motors, which each move a propeller. The energy for this is supplied by Accumulators, during the day over Solar modules on the roof are fed. The 52 modules with a total area of around 66 m² generate a Output of 10.6 kW. In addition, a Night-time charging via shore power possible - for reliable operation in any weather.