Category: Hybrid Ferry

Comparing total cost of ownership against bare cost of batteries MarineLink March 15, 2020 https://www.marinelink.com/sponsored/pressrelease/determining-value-in-energy-storage-100383 Introduction In the 10 years since I started the first company dedicated to producing specialist lithium ion batteries for the marine industry, there has been a huge uptake from the market. In the very early days, I would tell people […]

A Li-ion battery has several potential hazards that must be considered in order to keep people and equipment safe.

Excerpt from GeekWire, published January 22, 2020.    Written by TAYLOR SOPER The maritime industry has long been an anchor to Washington’s economy. Government and business leaders want to make sure that continues, especially with climate change and sustainability concerns looming. That’s the ethos behind the state’s first maritime startup accelerator, which officially launched Tuesday evening […]

Written by Brent Perry, CEO, SPBES Published in ShipInsight, see link for article here. The shipping industry is currently finding itself at a vital transition point with respect to creating a more sustainable future, and with it, embracing the opportunity of lithium-ion technology as an increasingly viable energy storage solution. Just by looking at the […]

By Brent Perry and Grant Brown, Sterling PBES Energy Solutions (SPBES) Preface On October 11, 2019, an explosion rocked passenger ferry Ytterøyningen while dockside at Sydnes, Norway. The vessel, recently refit with a lithium-ion battery hybrid drive, is part of the new fleet of low and zero emission vessels being deployed across Norway and other […]

As a leading Battery System provider to the Marine industry, SPBES has been asked to provide a response in regard to the recent fire and explosion in the battery compartment of the ferry Ytterøyningen. Battery system safety is the primary concern in any system design. SPBES has designed several layers of safety into our system […]

Excerpt from The Journal of Technology, written by Grant Brown, VP Marketing SPBES.  Published November 2018.  Read full article here. Marine engineers have long been aware of the potential efficiency increases from hybridizing their onboard energy systems; the ability to optimize the use of diesel generators by storing excess energy and using it to provide […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“In the rush to make technology affordable- we cannot avoid all the necessary steps to stay true to the reality of our markets- Safety is first and paramount always.” Batteries have made incredible progress in the last ten years and are an integral part of the solution- financially, environmentally and socially. Our thoughts go out […]