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HYBRID DRIVES & AUTOMATION

Siemens Sends in

Encouraged by the success of a hybrid drives program,

Siemens is going all out in Norway to automate production of that core marine energy storage enabler, the lithium battery. Offshore service vessel charterers, rig owners, ferry operators and ship owners are the target market. Trondheim’s

Robots v. Emissions

Siemens articulated robots technical university of different sizes assemble battery stacks at Trond- and a recent history of heim, Norway.

Photo: William Stoichevski hosting battery makers and system integrators has made it launchpad for new applications involving the new

BlueDrive Plus C drives and batteries.

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