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It’s been a busy week at NorShipping 2017 in Oslo with great interest at our booth, located in the Disruptive Sustainability Hall, stand A1-18. We also had the pleasure of joining other industry leaders on stage for the Ocean Industry Conference – Catalysts for Change presentation series for a panel discussion about sustainable solutions and […]

  Brent Perry featured in April edition of Maritime Reporter, page 28-31. Short excerpt below.  Written by William Stoichevski This is historic, we tell ourselves, as PBES founder Brent Perry walks us around his still labor-intensive “bat­tery factory” in the heart of Norway, from where ship owner capital controls half of the world’s offshore tonnage. Perry, a […]

“Long term strategy and sustainability is the same thing” Low and zero emissions technology in the maritime sector has gained a lot of attention in recent years, especially in Norway. The increase of electric systems in different applications  is considered a key opportunity for Norway to sustain their leadership role in maritime technology development. At […]

The European offshore wind farm industry is booming. In 2015, 3,10MW of grid-connected capacity was added, 108% more than in the last 10 years! With this growth comes a need for evolution in service vessels that support the industry. Energy storage technology is a major part of the current evolution of the maritime industry; hybrid […]

The first shipments using our custom designed packaging are leaving our Trondheim facility. The ability to stack our battery modules on pallets makes for higher density of goods, reducing costs and minimizing the environmental impact of transportation by roughly half. The packaging is manufactured locally in Trondheim and is fully recyclable; further reducing waste.  PBES is […]

A boat manufacturer in the Gaspésie region is working to design an electric fishing boat, which would be the first in America. Below is a translated excerpt from an article released in French by Stephanie Gendron in the Journal De Quebec, published on February 25, 2017. Read full article at www.journaldequebec.com “Technology exists, batteries exist, […]

Norwegian aquaculture company Salmar Farming has recently launched the world’s first electric aquaculture support vessel. The newly christened Elfrida uses batteries and power electronics from Siemens, which are charged overnight, and provide ample power to run throughout the day. Norwegian battery technology continues to show its robust nature in the workboat industry, reducing costs through […]

PBES CEO Brent Perry spoke last week at the ENOVA conference in Trondheim, Norway about the transition to a fossil-free society. Enova, owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, helps development of sustainable technology in Norway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In September 2016, Enova announced $5.5 million toward the new build Hurtigruten […]

High power marine energy storage system industry best at >15,000 cycles PBES Norway AS today announced the achievement of an historic milestone of greater than 15,000 discharge cycles in their high power energy storage system. With this improvement in cycle life, the PBES system delivers the industry benchmark for available performance, safety and value. The […]

Watch Peggy Liu discuss China’s energy transformation at the ZERO conference in Norway.