en.Wedoany.com Reported - Echandia will supply its Echandia Core battery system for a 78-meter hybrid catamaran currently under construction at Australia's Incat Tasmania. This order marks Echandia's first supply to Incat, one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-speed aluminum ferries.

The vessel is designed and built to maximize operational flexibility, significantly reducing operating expenses and enabling operators to transition away from fossil fuels in the most practical and cost-effective manner. Capable of carrying up to 650 passengers and 120 cars, the ferry has a top speed of 28 knots. Its operating modes include fully electric, hybrid, or generator-only propulsion, allowing operators to achieve zero-emission sailing on short routes and in emission control areas, while extending range on longer voyages.

The catamaran will be available for bareboat or time charter from January 2027.

Stewart Wells, Technical Director at Incat, stated that the vessel is designed as part of a series, with flexibility and modularity as top priorities to ensure it can be deployed in multiple scenarios throughout its service life. Wells noted that the company required a battery system capable of managing high power demands and frequent charge-discharge cycles across different routes, and the Echandia Core precisely delivers that.

The system is based on LTO (lithium titanate) chemistry, which exhibits minimal performance degradation, maintaining stable performance throughout its lifecycle. This ensures that when capacity is expanded later, there will be no significant performance differences between existing and new modules.

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