Category: Zero Emissions

Published In Port of Seattle on October 19, 2020. Link to the article can be found here. By Omie Drawhorn | Marketing & Communications Project Manager, Port of Seattle Washington Maritime Blue, the Port of Seattle, and WeWork Labs have partnered to launch Washington’s first maritime accelerator to help maritime companies innovate and grow. New ideas in […]

Published In Energetica India on October 9, 2020 by News Bureau. Link to the article can be found here. By Brent Perry | CEO, Sterling PBES Battery technology has evolved very quickly, but the lithium-ion energy storage industry is still relatively young. As of today, there are few commercial systems that can claim to have […]

All-electric and hybrid vessels offer demonstrable cost savings as well as environmental and operational benefits. However, Grant Brown of Sterling PBES is calling for a more holistic and transparent approach to battery system evaluation, which includes a firm focus on safety factors as well as life-cycle and ‘add-on’ costs Published in Bunkerspot by Grant Brown. […]

Large container ships are a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, but electrifying the world’s fleet faces steep technological hurdles. Published in WIRED Magazine, By Daniel Oberhaus, March 19, 2020 https://www.wired.com/story/want-electric-ships-build-a-better-battery/ LATER THIS YEAR, the world’s largest all-electric container ship is expected to take its maiden voyage, setting sail from a port in Norway and traveling […]

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 […]

It has been encouraging to see SPBES being asked to feed into high-level discussions on decarbonisation at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). Decarbonisation is one of the most important issues of our time, and battery-based solutions are clearly a big part of that. In April 2018, IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) adopted an initial […]

[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 […]