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EVs electrify the way ? oor base unit that provides 55 kWh of in partnership with the U.S. Navy and

Underwater energy storage can be energy storage for payload operation.” the Department of Energy in Hawai’i. likened to the recent boom in electric Altogether, C-Power aims to advance The energy storage unit to be used will vehicles (EVs), according to Reenst the marine economy through the real- be a Halo underwater battery provided

Lesemann, the CEO of C-Power. EVs ization of autonomous, connected and by Verlume, a provider of energy man- have been a compelling alternative for resident technologies. The SeaRAY will agement and storage technologies. The years, but if owners were limited to only also soon participate in a demonstration AOPS will be deployed from the Navy’s charging their cars in their garages, they would never reap the full bene? ts of the technology. “The same can be said at sea. It’s not Teledyne Geospatial enough to have the best electric ship. Imaging Solutions for Land and Water

Underwater vehicles, surface vessels, operating equipment and data sensors at sea need that electricity to be delivered to them when they need it and how they need it. That means there needs to be a network of charging stations, such as C-

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There are two primary uses for energy storage in marine environments, said

Lesemann. The ? rst is utility-scale re-

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