Case story | VACON® NXP Liquid Cooled Drive 38% reduction in fuel consumption Fuel savings with Danfoss Drives at the heart of electric hybrid ferries drives.danfoss.comCMAL is the asset owner for the ferries operated by CalMac Ferries Limited, the company that provides almost all of the ferry services to Scotland’s offshore islands. Following confirmation of funding from the Scottish Government and the European Regional Development Fund in 2011, CMAL embarked on a project to develop electric hybrid ferries that would create new benchmarks for fuel economy and low environmental impact. After carrying out detailed evaluations of several alternative approaches to the project, which included high-efficiency diesel-mechanical and diesel-electric systems, the CMAL team conclu

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