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“For the six-plus-two (upgrade op- dian battery out? ts, Corvus and PBES, lithium-ion batteries”. But, that’s an ought to be in place to enable reductions tions) Rolls-Royce packages, (SEA- Rolls-Royce may be the system-integra- aside. Keen to press ahead, Rolls-Royce in energy costs, with a battery in-place to

COR) Engineering & Procurement has tor that has done the most to ready en- is supplying the tug boat sector with its get the most of EMS.

already started with the ? rst two units ergy storage for OSVs. ? rst hybrid propulsion arrangement for a Where in force, these international scheduled to be in operation by the end While competitor Siemens has done tractor tug being built for Baydelta Mari- strictures make EMS with energy stor- of the year, followed at monthly inter- well electrifying ferry operations, Rolls- time at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders age more marketable. For now, that’s vals thereafter for the remaining units.” Royce is conspicuous for its success in Washington State. They’re not alone, Europe and North America, corporate

For Gellert, the yard and Rolls-Royce, with a variety of vessel hybridizations there, however, as Dutch electrical ? rm social responsibility is said to also be a it’s a classic case of choosing to orga- (see table). Apart from partnering with Werkina and Asto Shipyard are work- driver of energy-management.

nize rather than agonize. The offshore the Canadian battery system suppliers, it ing on a ? rst, large, electric container market is still tough. The availability of recently teamed up with UK energy stor- barge for Port-Liner. Like the SEACOR

Containerized retro? ts the newly built, Rolls-Royce UT 771 de- age start-up, Superdielectrics, hoping for hybrids, they’re partly aimed at surviv- That’ll help make it worth what is un- signs themselves are testimony to how a “next-generation, high-energy storage ing Europe’s “draconian” rules banning derstood to be a USD 130 million price bad things once were. Their former Sin- technology” based on the “remarkable emissions in some ports cities and coast- tag for all of SEACOSCO builds and gapore-based charterers, Chelsea Group, properties of polymers”. al waters. conversions understood to be at Singa- couldn’t pay for them, it seems, and so The University of Bristol estimates that pore and Guangzou, China. These are they were left with the COSCO shipyard. newly discovered polymers have dielec- understood to include the SEACOSCO Competition

Turning weakness into a sort of strength, tric property values which 1,000-times to For now, all system integrators in Nor- Amazon and SEACOSCO Ohio origi- the new-builds became the SEACOSCO 10,000-times greater than conventional way, at least, are heavily dependent on nally ordered in 2013-2014 by the Chell-

JV’s starting point. Now, the shipyard electrolyte solutions, company literature the production runs of Corvus and PBES sea Group. has them on the building block or at an- says. New energy storage technology su- batteries. System integrators and ship The oil price and resulting offshore chor, and SEACOR ? eet operations will perior to existing battery technology is owners are also heavily reliant on how standstill is understood to have put them take over once Engineering declares all the stated goal of the partnerships, and linked reductions of “environmental out of reach for their original charterers. battery projects ready. Superdielectrics’s technology is said to impacts” like sulphur-dioxide or “en- Green-tech and a containerized Rolls- not be reliant on “rare or expensive el- ergy costs” become to EMS outside of Royces battery upgrades may be what ements” while potentially offer “higher Europe and North America. The U.S. ? nally gets them some work. The batt-pack

Since the arrival in Norway of Cana- energy density than both lead-acid and and Europe have made it clear that these In all, “It’s a very big order”, a Rolls-

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