{"id":9526,"date":"2024-08-21T09:36:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T01:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/?p=9526"},"modified":"2024-08-23T09:38:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T01:38:37","slug":"candela-to-supply-saudis-neom-project-with-electric-hydrofoil-shuttles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/uncategorized\/archives\/9526","title":{"rendered":"Candela to supply Saudi\u2019s Neom project with electric hydrofoil shuttles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In what it describes as a landmark deal, Swedish electric boat producer Candela has announced that its P-12 electric hydrofoil ship is to service the planned network in Neom, Saudi Arabia\u2019s new development taking shape in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neom has procured an initial batch of eight of the foiling, electric shuttles, making it the largest announced order in Candela\u2019s history, the company says.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0821boa_en.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0821boa_en.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0821boa_en-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The first batch of eight vessels will be delivered in 2025 and early 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Candela P-12 was launched last year and is set to debut in Stockholm\u2019s public transport system this autumn. \u201cThe P-12 is designed to create zero-emission water transport systems which have significant improvements over traditional water commuting,\u201d says Gustav Hasselskog, Candela CEO and founder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnlike legacy systems with large, slow, and energy-inefficient conventional ferries, the Candela P-12 is a smaller and faster unit, allowing much more frequent departures and quicker journeys for passengers. All daily necessities and services will be just a short boat commute away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flying above the waves on computer-guided hydrofoils, it is said to use 80% less energy than conventional ships, allowing it to combine long range and high speed for the first time in an electric vessel. With a speed of 25kt and more than two hours of endurance, the Candela P-12 claims to be the fastest and longest-range electric passenger ship to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passengers will fly smoothly over the Red Sea, as the P-12\u2019s digital flight control system balances the ship 100 times per second by adjusting the hydrofoils\u2019 angle of attack, keeping it stable even in winds and waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As fuel usage rather than the manufacturing phase makes up the bulk of a ship\u2019s environmental impact, energy efficiency is crucial to curb emissions. Since Candela\u2019s foiling vessels use 80% less energy than conventional ships of the same size, a life cycle analysis performed by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm concludes that a P-12 will emit 97.5% less CO2 during its lifetime compared to a conventional diesel vessel of the same size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The electric Candela C-Pod motors, located in pods underwater, are silent and create minimal disturbance for marine wildlife. When flying, the P-12 creates only a negligible wake, allowing for quicker journeys where conventional ships are speed-restricted due to their massive wakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first batch of eight vessels will be delivered to Saudi Arabia in 2025 and early 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">source:ibi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fleet of foiling P-12 ships is set to be deployed on the Red Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9529,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9526\/revisions\/9529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatshowchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}