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New fully electric lighter craft vessel to help in decarbonisation of Singapore harbourcraft industry Sterling PlanB Energy Solutions (SPBES) is proud to announce it is part of the Goal Zero consortium that will help the harbourcraft industry in Singapore decrease greenhouse gas emissions. The consortium has been selected by the Maritime and Port Authority of […]

Sterling PlanB Announces Sponsorship of SHIP ZERO Conference Glasgow, Scotland UK; 14 JULY 2021: The Zero Emission Ship Technology Association (ZESTAs)  announces SHIP ZERO – Charging to True Zero  – an in-person, three-day conference which provides an opportunity for the international shipping sector to chart a course to true zero emissions for trans-oceanic shipping. Taking […]

Maritime and industrial energy storage solutions expert further expands team in Europe and announce the arrival of supply-chain specialist. Leading maritime and industrial energy storage solutions expert, Sterling PlanB, has announced the appointment of senior procurement professional Nanda Kishore to the position of Chief Supply Chain Officer. Located in Bergen, Norway, Kishore is now based […]

Battery technology pioneers and Europe’s largest independent ship design office join forces to promote ESS adoption Energy storage experts Sterling PlanB and Europe’s largest independent ship design group, ICE, have announced an agreement to combine knowledge and resources in order to increase the adoption of energy storage systems (ESS) and thereby accelerate the maritime industry’s […]

Testing verifies potential for Energy Storage System (ESS) to function safely without a dedicated battery room, surviving temperatures as high as 950ºC; test attended by Lloyd’s Register and Transport Canada Vancouver, Canada; 27 MAY 2021: Leading maritime and industrial energy storage solutions experts, Sterling PlanB has successfully completed a second, more stringent round of A60 […]

NYK Trading Corporation and Sterling PlanB are entering into an exclusive agreement for the sales and distribution of Energy Storage Systems in Japan, bringing new standards of ESS performance and safety to the market. Energy storage expert, Sterling PlanB has signed an agreement with NYK Trading Corporation, the trading company of the NYK Group, to […]

Maritime and industrial energy storage solutions experts announce further expansion into Europe with new operational role Leading maritime and industrial energy storage solutions experts, Sterling PlanB, today announced the appointment of a new European Head of Solutions, Jens-Christian Strate. Strate, who will be joining European operations in Copenhagen this May, will be responsible for managing […]

The Danish shipping company MHO-Co is heading a consortium that will spend EUR 4.5 million during the next three years on developing green solutions for the future of the maritime industry. Together with Aalborg University, among others, and with grants from the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP), MHO-Co will test fuel cells and […]

Sterling PlanB has now conclusively demonstrated that direct exposure to a 950°C fire can be successfully managed by our thermal management system. On March 24, 2020 – the engineering team at PlanB conducted an A60 fire ‘survivability’ test of the BBU battery module. The main purpose is to test the effectiveness of the BBU cooling […]