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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 […]

Excerpt from ShipInsight Article. Published by Paul Gunton · 23 December 2019 You can read the full article here A seawater fire extinguishing system that had been installed as an additional safety precaution on the Norwegian battery-hybrid ferry Ytterøyningen may have “contributed to escalating” events that led to an explosion that struck the vessel on 11 October. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Partnership to further develop marine and industrial markets in Turkey Marine energy storage experts SPBES and technical sales and service consultants Bulutlu Marine are pleased to announce an agreement to provide Turkish shipyards with local representation and technical support for SPBES products. The sales partnership is a part of the SPBES’ overall distribution agreement with […]

Norway based technician to lead service and support in Europe and Scandinavia. Vancouver Canada – November 5, 2019 – Sterling PBES Energy Solutions (SPBES) today announced Eirikur Gunnarsson has joined the team to lead service and support for marine energy storage installations. Mr. Gunnarsson brings decades of experience in marine electrical power systems. In his […]

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 […]