{"id":8565,"date":"2017-01-05T11:35:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T09:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=8565"},"modified":"2025-01-20T14:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T12:11:24","slug":"elektro-stumpfl-enhancing-hybrid-marine-propulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/05\/elektro-stumpfl-enhancing-hybrid-marine-propulsion\/","title":{"rendered":"Elektro Stumpfl: Enhancing hybrid marine propulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the best to our readers for 2017. Here’s the first blog of this New Year in this fast evaporating decade.<\/p>\n

Like Victron Energy, Elektro Stumpfl have been in business for over 40 years. As a valued Victron distributor this enduring relationship has resulted in a high level of technical expertise across a range of markets – something you’d expect from such a long term relationship.<\/p>\n

Based in Slovenj Gradec<\/a>, in northern Slovenia<\/a>, Elektro Stumpfl are ideally situated in Europe to deal with the marine market, amongst other sectors. One such area (which is of particular interest to myself as my electric propulsion sailing yacht is Victron enhanced<\/a>) is hybrid marine propulsion.<\/p>\n

Marine electric propulsion<\/h3>\n

There are many boating variants that utilise electric propulsion in the marine world, but before looking at Elektro Stumpfl’s expertise in that area it’s worth noting and realising – this is nothing new. It is however only in this decade that we are seeing more and more sea going leisure boats with some form of electric propulsion, due in principal to battery technology and improved power electronics.<\/p>\n

But where did it all start? If you want to read more about the history of how electric propulsion pre-dates the diesel engine and the variations in electric boat technology, here are a few pointers.<\/p>\n