Aerial view of a chain of Maldivian atolls
Electric Maritime Transport & Island Energy Infrastructure

Helping decarbonize the Maldives, island by island.

S.E.T. is helping marine transport transition away from diesel — using up to 90% less energy than diesel, with lower fuel and maintenance costs on every crossing. We deliver proven open-ocean electric hydrofoil vessels, charging infrastructure, battery storage, solar integration and local service — standalone or fully integrated — and we'll work with you to find the solution that fits your operation.

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What we do

Maritime EV transport — and the S.E.T. ecosystem behind it.

We start with the boat. Operators can buy a hydrofoil vessel on its own and run it from day one — quieter, cleaner and dramatically cheaper than a diesel equivalent. From there we add only what each operator needs: charging, solar, storage, microgrid integration, financing or local service. One partner, scoped to your fleet.

Artemis Escape — electric hydrofoil
First operators · 2026Limited allocation
Headline programme

Marine EV transport

The world's first commercially proven open-ocean electric hydrofoil — Artemis Technologies, Belfast. A smooth, near-silent ride that glides above the waves instead of slamming through them. Helps protect coral life, ~90% less energy per nautical mile — up to 3× lower operating cost than diesel on high-frequency routes.

01EF-12 Escape & Dayboat · EF-15 Escape Exec / Metro / Cargo · EF-24 Passenger
02DC fast charging, BESS and microgrid installation
03Thilafushi shipyard · spare parts & repairs
Inaugural Maldives allocations reserved.
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The S.E.T ecosystem
Sold standalone, or as part of an integrated project.
Service shipyard · Thilafushi

The fleet is local. So is the shipyard that keeps it foiling.

After-sales support that gives operators peace of mind. Our service shipyard, being established at Thilafushi, will be the in-country home of the electric fleet — Artemis-certified technicians, Artemis diagnostics, spare parts stocked locally, and a Maldivian crew trained to keep your hydrofoils in service.

In-country
no transit weeks, no return-to-Artemis shipping
Artemis-trained
Artemis-certified technicians, Maldivian crew
Same-day
rapid-response capability for in-service vessels
01Scheduled service

Routine maintenance, in country.

Annual surveys, hydrofoil inspection, propulsion-pod service and class-required maintenance — performed in-country by Artemis-trained Maldivian crews. Fewer moving parts than diesel and a platform designed for quick swap-out — vessels back in service faster.

Annual & class-interval work
02Battery & charger care

Energy systems kept production-ready.

Battery-pack health checks, software updates, dockside charger calibration and BESS preventive maintenance. We run the same diagnostics Artemis runs — in-country, without the air-freight bill.

Pack-level diagnostics
03Spares & rapid response

Parts on the shelf, before you need them.

Critical spares stocked in-country — propulsion electronics and control modules — plus an on-call response team for any vessel in our fleet. The difference between a missed transfer and a same-day repair.

Held local · 24-hour response
Built into the contract

Buy the vessel from us and the service comes with the keys.

Multi-year service plans, scheduled-maintenance contracts and rapid-response retainers — priced into the original purchase or layered on later. One owner, one yard, one phone number.

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Storage & EV grid · the link between sun and sea

The chargers, batteries and software that turn an island into a fuel station.

A vessel is only as good as the system that charges it. We design, supply and operate the marine fast-charging, battery storage and grid-management software that connects solar generation to the fleet — so every kilowatt-hour from the roof or the lagoon ends up in a propeller, not a generator.

36 min
fast-charge between rotations on a typical resort shuttle
24/7
fleet uptime · solar by day, batteries through the night
1 platform
for chargers, BESS and reporting across every island
01Shore Charger

DC fast-charging built for the dock.

High-power dispensers engineered for marinas, ferry terminals and resort jetties. IP-rated against salt spray, monsoon and tropical heat. Charge a hydrofoil between rotations — never a full route lost to refuelling.

Up to 360 kW per dispenser
02Battery storage & atoll microgrid

Solar by day, storage by night, one island grid.

Containerised lithium battery systems integrated with rooftop and offshore solar into a single island-scale microgrid. Smooths solar intermittency, cuts diesel-peaker hours and powers homes, businesses and the fleet from one source.

Solar + BESS · island-scale
03Charging Network

One software layer across every jetty.

Cloud-managed charging across multiple islands and operators. Live state-of-charge for every vessel, dynamic load balancing across dispensers, and clean energy reporting your auditors and ESG teams will actually use.

Multi-site · multi-operator
Designed for the route

We build the charging infrastructure to your needs — not the other way around.

Tell us your route, your peak hours and your fleet size. We come back with a charger plan, a battery sizing and a TCO model — engineered around your operational reality, not a generic spec sheet.

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Solar charging · designed in from day one

The boat runs on electricity. So should the island that charges it.

Every route is designed to run on solar and battery storage. Where a resort already generates, we integrate vessel charging into the existing arrays; where it doesn’t, generation is delivered with specialist solar partners — built, owned and operated so the hotel’s only capex is the vessel and charging dispenser, and charging is bought per kWh, like fuel.

Sized to Load
panels matched to vessel rotations and island demand
Hybrid First
phased integration — diesel stays as backup, not baseline
Sea-Rated
marine-grade build for tropical heat, salt and monsoon
01Works with your existing solar

Already generating? We plug in.

Many resorts already run rooftop or lagoon arrays. We integrate vessel charging and storage into the generation you have — no duplicate infrastructure, no stranded assets.

Integration first
02Delivered with solar partners

New capacity, without the capex.

Where new generation is needed, specialist solar partners design, build, own and operate the arrays and battery storage. Power is purchased per kilowatt-hour under long-term agreement — charging bought like fuel.

Per-kWh · no hotel capex
03Island microgrid

Solar, storage and EV charging — one system.

Battery storage and intelligent control tie rooftop and offshore arrays into a single island-scale grid that powers the resort, staff village and electric fleet from one source. Diesel becomes the backup, not the baseline.

One grid · resort, fleet, village
Sold with the vessel

One TCO model. Vessel, charger, solar, storage — financed and serviced as a single project.

The boat is the headline. The solar is what makes it cheaper than diesel from year one. We model the route, size the energy demand and structure the charging supply — with our generation partners, or around your existing arrays — turnkey, or under a long-term Power Purchase Agreement so capex stays off your books.

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The energy landscape

An economy built on imported diesel.

$648.5M
fuel imported each year (≈10% of GDP)
2.9M
barrels imported annually
14,000+
registered vessels in operation
1,192
islands across 26 atolls
The Maldives imports 100% of its fuel. Maritime transport — the country's lifeline — runs almost entirely on diesel, even as the government has committed to 33% renewable energy.
COP30 · NDC alignment

Aligned with the Maldives' climate commitments.

Ahead of COP30, the Maldives reaffirmed its Third NDC — a conditional 26% emissions cut by 2030 vs business-as-usual, and a net-zero ambition by 2030 with international support. Electricity and transport are the two sectors that decide whether those commitments hold.

Beyond private transfers, the same platform can serve the country’s longer-term ambition — clean, fast connections between Malé and every inhabited island, easing the fuel burden the public ferry network carries today.

Every diesel-litre displaced is a measurable, verifiable emissions reduction that supports the Maldives' NDC commitments and operators' own sustainability reporting.

S.E.T. delivers in both.

For owners, developers & investors

Financing routes, prepared in advance.

Groundwork done before the first meeting — local bank relationships, UK export finance, green and impact debt, and charter structures that can keep the vessel off the balance sheet. Options sized to each buyer, from a single vessel to a fleet.

Outcomes

What S.E.T. delivers.

01

Foreign-currency savings

Replace imported diesel with locally generated electricity.
02

Transport modernisation

Quiet, fast, reliable vessels for the government's agenda.
03

Climate leadership

Delivery against the Maldives' NDC and net-zero commitments.
04

Local jobs

A Malé service capability, training Maldivian engineers in EV marine systems.
05

Better public mobility

Faster crossings, fewer delays, foils through 2.5m seas.
06

Tourism brand benefit

Clean, near-silent transfers for resort guests.
Why S.E.T.

Why work with S.E.T.

Maldives-based delivery, world-leading technology — one team across vessels and aftersales, logistics, infrastructure and financing.

Exclusive Maldives distribution with our key technology partners.
Class-approved, operational since 2022 — not prototypes.
Single point of accountability, sized to the scope you choose.
News & insights

From our partners.

Selected coverage from our technology partners — the people building the marine EVs, charging systems and energy infrastructure we'll deploy across the Maldives.

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Insight · S.E.T.26 August 2026

Fuel, dollars and the 40% rule: does a vessel investment still make sense?

The Maldives' new 40% foreign currency conversion rule makes dollars scarcer for resorts. Fuel is the one dollar cost a resort can remove. What that means for electric vessel investment.

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Partnership · United States19 November 2025

PROP Worldwide launches with Artemis Technologies to deliver zero-emission ferry service in the Bay Area

PROP Worldwide has acquired an Artemis EF-12 Escape — configurable for over 30 passengers — to redefine ferry services in the Bay Area with community-centric, zero-emission solutions, partially funded through California's CORE voucher programme.

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Connectivity · United Kingdom31 July 2025

Artemis Technologies, FRS Group, Connected Places Catapult and the Council of the Isles of Scilly partner to advance connectivity in Isles of Scilly

A feasibility study to establish a UK Green Shipping Corridor between Newlyn, Cornwall and St Mary's, deploying the 100% electric Artemis EF-24 Passenger to provide reliable, year-round service on a route where no winter ferry currently operates.

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Trade · United States13 March 2025

Economy Minister welcomes multimillion deal for Artemis Technologies in the US

Northern Ireland's Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald welcomed a multimillion-dollar MoU between Artemis Technologies and Washington-based Delta Marine, building on a 20-vessel order from Miami-based Urbanlink and a new Brooklyn Navy Yard base.

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Milestone · Belfast13 January 2026

Artemis EF-24 Passenger reaches major milestone with delivery of first vessels to Belfast

The first three Artemis EF-24 Passenger ferries have been delivered to Belfast — destined for Brittany Ferries (Condor), Orkney Ferries and Red Funnel — with subsystem installation and fit-out now underway ahead of sea trials and entry into service.

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Maldives
Sustainable Energy Transitions
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Maldives Islands
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