New Zealand-based power generation company Meridian Energy has unveiled its plans to operate an electric hydrofoil shuttle ferry as a daily transport vessel for its staff and contractors. The vessel will be a variant of the 12-metre hydrofoil ferry prototype originally developed by Candela Speed...
New Zealand’s Meridian Energy is to replace the diesel ferry which shuttles workers across Lake Manapōuri to its Manapōuri hydro station with a Candela P-12 electric hydrofoil ferry.
Lake Manapōuri has been voted New Zealand’s most beautiful lake and the new, Swedish-made, Candela P-12 will provide daily transport for the staff and contractors servicing the country’s largest hydro power station, Manapōuri Power Station.
According to Candela, the P-12 will save 240 tons of carbon emissions each...