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In Focus: How Aqua superPower convinced the marine industry to get connected

Although I’ve been in the marine world from a recreational sports perspective for 40 years, my professional background is in automotive engineering tech, writes Aqua superPower’s CEO Alex Bamberg for Marine Industry News. In 2010 I realised, seeing what Tesla and Nissan were doing, that the market was going to evolve quite quickly for EVs […]

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Barcelona installs first electric boat supercharger at America’s Cup marina

Barcelona has installed its first Aqua Superpower electric marine charge station, at Marina Vela — the host of the 2024 America’s Cup. The electric boat charging network is rapidly expanding across Europe. The Marina Vela station joins the one installed a few months ago in the nearby Port of La Rápita on the Catalan coast, […]

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Electric charging firm Aqua superPower partners with Italian Assomarinas

Italian marina association Assomarinas and Aqua superPower are collaborating to install electric boat charging stations in the marinas associated with the network. The aim is to establish a charging network along the Italian coast. “Assomarinas shares Aqua superPower’s long-term vision of a growing electric boating market and is delighted to cooperate in this important transition,” says […]

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Ships to become mobile battery storage with bunkering technology

Aqua superPower says it is leading a consortium which has secured UK government funding to explore the development of a demonstrator of bi-directional boat charging. It’s being seen as “a fantastic opportunity for us to demonstrate the exciting potential that bi-directional charging could bring to the marine sector, essentially turning ships into mobile battery storage […]

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Electric boating: Aqua superPower expands in Marseilles

Global marine fast charge network Aqua superPower has announced the incorporation of its new French subsidiary in Marseilles to help grow electric boating and further expand the company’s services within France and Europe. Through the new operation in Marseille, Aqua will bring its electric boat charging solutions to France’s coastline and inland waterways, working with marinas, […]

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Aqua superPower partners with Med marina group

Marinedi Group has partnered with Aqua superPower to create a marine fast-charging infrastructure for the Mediterranean marinas. The installation of Aqua superPower’s fast chargers under the partnership commences with the 638-berth Marina di Brindisi, based in the commercial port of Brindisi in southern Italy. “As forward-thinking and sustainable leaders, Marinedi wants to provide the necessary […]

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Portugal installs first electric boat supercharger – with more plans for Algarve

Marina de Lagos has become the first Aqua superPower marine fast charging destination in Portugal. The newly installed Aqua 75 supercharger at Marina de Lagos will be part of a growing regional charging network to be rolled out along the Algarve. The news follows Aqua superPower’s recent announcement of its expansion into Scandinavia and the US. […]

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Racing for the future; championships embrace clean power for flotillas

Global sailing events, from SailGP to the America’s Cup and Olympics, are setting out their sustainable credentials by developing, or utilising, clean power solutions for support vessels, choosing the best electric RIBs and hydrogen powered vessels. As previously reported in MIN, SailGP’s chartering electric RIBs into operational roles as part of its support flotilla for […]

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Aqua superPower expands to the US and Scandinavia

Global marine fast-charge network Aqua superPower has expanded into two of the world’s largest boating markets, the US and Scandinavia. In the US, the new Aqua high-power DC charger at Tahoe City Marina is the first of a smart network of chargers to be rolled out along the shores of popular boating destination, Lake Tahoe. […]

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Aqua superPower installs first charging network on major European lake

Aqua superPower is rolling out a charging infrastructure along the shores of Lago Maggiore, with the first installation at Marina di Verbella in the Ticino Natural Park in northern Italy. Lago Maggiore, also known as Lake Verbano, is an Alpine lake that straddles the border of Italy and the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is […]

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First Aqua superPower charger installed in Spain

The first Aqua superPower marine fast charger has been installed at MDL’s Sant Carles Marina in Spain. “Given the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions, marinas, ports, and harbours are looking to incorporate sustainable technologies and practices into their operations to reduce pollution and mitigate their environmental impact,” says Nicolás González, general manager Sant Carles Marina. […]