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GREEN BATTERIES

ABB POWER

Yara Corporation o date, large batteries are used on short runs, regularity and safety.” mainly as an auxiliary power source in con- Batteries have ? gured in retro? ts of existing offshore ser- junction with traditional fossil fuels, with vice vessels. Eidesvik Offshore, active in the North Sea oil bene? ts of load balancing, in a “hybrid” con- and gas arena; has retro? tted multiple diesel electric vessels

T ? guration, that is batteries in concert with for battery power beginning in 2015. In the Americas, OSV conventional generators. DNV presents the case for operators installing battery retro? ts have included Seacor, batteries succinctly: “All electric and hybrid ships Companhia Brasileira de Offshore, and, more recently, Har- with energy storage in large Li-ion batteries can pro- vey Gulf Marine, ? tting batteries into “tri-fuel” vessels fueled vide signi? cant reductions in fuel cost, maintenance by conventional diesel and LNG. and emissions as well as improved responsiveness, The current boom in the maritime wind energy sector, where www.marinelink.com 33

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