Diesel-Electric Hybrid Charter Superyacht Development Project The Next Giant Leap Beyond Diesel-Electric Dramatic Energy Cost Savings to the Marine Industry EnergyTech Marine 83 foot HD-X super yacht Arc Lite Power is now offering its new Pulse Buffering Power Core. It is a unique new power system for a wide range of applications that consume power. It comes in various sizes with applications for small things such as motor homes or houses to large things like 200b marine vessels. It is especially applicable to luxury yachts and workboats. The Power Core replaces all of the standard marine propulsion diesels, generator sets, and lead acid battery banks. It converts a vessel to all-electric and provides the power to perform all work aboard the vessel. This system is the next giant leap beyond diesel-electric. It performs many functions that diesel-electric does not. In principle, it operates very differently. Some common missions can be performed at staggering efficiency increases. Cost efficiencies of hundreds of percent of are offered. The Power Core can save larger work vessels millions in fuel over its product lifetime. In almost any vessel, its net cost is free. It saves more in fuel costs than its initial price. The Arc Lite Power Core system is being offered in the new EnergyTech Marine 83 foot HD-X super yacht. The vessel has been in extended testing and development and is nearing completion. It was designed from the ground up to be an advanced energy system electric yacht. It was originally planned to be diesel-electric but EnergyTech Marine Group and Arc Lite Power co-developed the much more advanced Power Core system which offers dramatically improved performance. The new vessel is far enough into sea trials to be able to report some of the efficiency gains over and above standard direct-coupled diesel installations, as well as diesel-electric. Compared to either of those systems, the efficiency improvement of the Power Core is substantially higher.....(cont) ...and some subheadings Pulse Buffering Power Coreb" (how converting all energy to stored ions before using it improves efficiency) New Regeneration (how to measure potential available regeneration energy in kilowatt hours) Operational Advantages Of Regeneration (cost of supplementing with wind power to outperform motoryachts) Hybrid Regeneration Sailing (how much farther can you travel on wind power by converting it to electricity first?) Ten Hour Outing (motoring efficiency comparison only, no sails) Typical Weekend Outing (motoring efficiency comparison only, no sails) ...their website: <http://www.energytechmarine.com/index.html> WARNING: Be prepared to wade through a lot of material presentation. This vessel project was brought to my attention by way of an article in the recent Apr/May issue of Professional Boatbuilder. The article was entitled "the Real McCoy". For those who care to sign up for a subscription you can access the digital issue of the magazine HERE. This article might be easier reading than the entirety of their website. So what do you think?? I posted this subject thread here <http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/general-yachting-discussion/11088-diesel-e lectric-hybrid-charter-superyacht-development-project.html>