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12/28/15 3541 "www.wider-yachts.com/" |
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Sea trials on the Wider 150 “GENESI” have now moved on to their most exciting stage yet, as attention is turned to the lithium polymer battery banks that make up the heart of the superyacht’s power system. The batteries, supplied by EST technologies in Holland, are the latest development in LiPo batteries with a total capacity of 546kWh.
This powerful energy source is more than sufficient to supply the entire hotel system on board as well as the propulsion in what we refer to as ZEM, short for Zero Emission Mode. This fact was exhaustively tested over the last few days, as the WIDER 150 was run exclusively on her batteries in sea trials off the coast of Ancona, close to the WIDER Superyacht Division headquarters.
“The battery tests were a great success” said Tilli Antonelli, Founder and CEO of WIDER. “The yacht ran comfortably at 5 knots in ZEM consuming no fuel whatsoever… but the most remarkable and memorable aspect was that she ran in total silence!”
These latest sea trials have been a source of particular satisfaction to the WIDER team who, since inception of the WIDER 150 project have held true to their fervent belief that diesel electric technology can be applied to a superyacht with outstanding benefits to the owner in terms of performance and on board comfort.
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