please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message oceanvolt industry marine equipment founded helsinki finland 2004 founder janne kjellman headquarters vantaa finland key people janne kjellman managing director richard lax technical director christian hallberg commercial director website www.oceanvolt.com the award winning oceanvolt sd8 .6 electric motor system for sailboats oceanvolt is a finnish boat electric motor manufacturer founded in 2004 by janne kjellman . the company was formerly known as electric ocean . oceanvolt is headquartered in vantaa finland . the company currently produces two types of propulsion systems for electric boats saildrives and shaftdrives . oceanvolt has received several awards for its sd8 .6 saildrive system the latest being the 2013 pittman innovation award given by sail magazine for oceanvolt s compact robust design 1 featuring waterproof permanent magnet motor with closed circulation liquid cooling single lever control with motor status shown by leds and folding propeller which doubles as a hydrogenerator 2 silently extracting several kilowatts of electric power from the boat s forward motion while under sail . 3 contents 1 examples of boats installed with oceanvolt electric motors 2 awards and recognition 3 external links 4 references examples of boats installed with oceanvolt electric motors edit x yachts x 302 finn express 83 maestro 40 blue 30 le breton yachts sig 45 aventura catamarans aventura 33 awards and recognition edit oceanvolt has received a number of awards and recognitions 2013 2013 pittman innovation award from sail magazine oceanvolt sd8 .6 and sd15 2012 dame award 2012 special mention machine propulsion mechanical and electrical systems and fittings for the oceanvolt sd8 .6 2012 clean design award 2012 oceanvolt sd8 .6 external links edit company website oceanvolt s twitter page oceanvolt s facebook page references edit pittman award announcement about oceanvolt 2 minute video pittman innovation awards 2013 oceanvolt saildrive system creates energy while sailing average 2 kw at 8 17 knots ... up to 4000w with a speed of 17 knots . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oceanvolt & oldid 735730515 categories marine engine manufacturersmanufacturing companies of finlandelectric boatshidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2013all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 august 2016 at 18 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view