NEW ELECTRIC DRIVE DEALER APPOINTMENT

Marine Energy Systems has been appointed as a premium dealer for the UK for Molabo electric drives.

The company has developed an electric drive which can provide high power at 48 volts.

The drive provides a peak power of 80kW and a nominal power of 50kW and is approved for use in the boating sector according to the Recreational Craft Directive. It is suitable for use in motorboats and sailing yachts.

It has a reinforced end shield, allowing the motor to be mounted either vertically or horizontally making it suitable for the electrification of saildrives, outboards, shaft drives and Z-drives.

The low voltage means there is no need for a large battery and installation can be carried out by regular marine electrical engineers.

“We’ve been looking at the electric propulsion market during the last two years and are excited to find a product and manufacturer that complements our and monitoring onboard electrical devices such as pumps, batteries and lighting.

8 Raymarine’s YachtSense Link was a DAME Award category winner existing portfolio,” said Marine Energy Systems MD John Ainsworth. The UK distributor will show the electric drive at BoatLife alongside Quick Spa gyro stabilisers and thrusters, Dockmate wireless remote control docking systems, WhisperPower power generation and battery storage systems and the DAME Award winning U SAFE self-propelled, remote control safety buoy which quickly reaches a person in distress.

The motors can be retrofitted to a shaft drive. The I-Series is available in three models the I-10, I-20 and I-20, with a power input of 10kW, 20kW and 40kW respectively. The motors can drive boats up to 24m or 25 tons and replace equivalent traditional 20 to 80hp diesel engines.

“It’s a brilliantly simple system, because it is supplied as a completely integrated unit,” said Steve Bruce, ePropulsion UK MD. “The motor, gearbox, motor controller, system control unit and cooling system are all contained inside a compact, plug and play unit.”

Also on display will be the ePropulsion Spirit and Navy range of portable and long-range outboard motors.

The Spirit motors will power tenders and smaller boats, and the Navy motors will propel boats between 2.5 and 5 tons.