Transition to Emission-free Commuting on Waterways

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"Green City Ferries will introduce the world's first emission-free high-speed ferry by 2023 in Stockholm. We are driven by the socio-economic value of our proposition for zero-emission public transport on waterways, starting from Sweden to across Europe and the world; the technical proof of feasibility; the massive political commitment we have received directly; as well as our understanding of the public sentiment. We have, together with our partners, developed the prototype BB Green, the world fastest high-speed emission-free 20-metre ferry, which has been demonstrated in the Stockholm archipelago. TECOW will introduce a green hydrogen fuel-cell driven enhanced version: Beluga 24-FC. We will demonstrate its technical and financial viability through a real operational environment demonstrator true to our motto ""seeing is believing"". TECOW demonstrates that it is possible already today, from both a technical and economical perspective, to transform passenger ferry services to zero-emission. Funding from the Blue Economy Window will de-risk the private investment needed to bring our solution to market and be the first mover we want to be. TECOW will enable us to develop business models for this new market starting from Europe's waters. TECOW will be putting the first fuel-cell high-speed ferry in water; building the market and our prospects pipeline; along with securing investments for which discussions are already very mature. Throughout the next three years we want to (a) develop the production capability for a fuel-cell powered fast-ferry and build the first demonstrator vessel); (b) launch this demonstrator and test it 'in traffic' with the collaboration of the Public Transport Authority of the Stockholm Region; (c) extend this PTA to integrate the vessel into the public transport routes; (d) build our sales pipeline and private sector investments; and (e) launch our battery and fuel-cell emission-free ferries in the Nordic, European and global markets."