Corvus Energy ESS units to power three zero-emission harbour tugs from HaiSea Marine
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Supplier of Energy Storage Systems (ESS) Corvus Energy on Tuesday (13 October) said it has received an order for the supply of three 5,288 kWh batteries for harbour tugs to berth/unberth liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers operating at LNG Canada export terminal in Kitimat, B.C., following commission of the plant around the middle of the decade.
The tugs will be built by Sanmar Shipyards for delivery to HaiSea Marine. HaiSea Marine, majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC.
“Reaching project number 500 is a significant milestone for Corvus Energy and for the maritime community. Corvus batteries make up over half of all the energy storage capacity deployed on board ships today,” says Geir Bjørkeli, CEO of Corvus Energy.
“We estimate that our batteries have saved over three hundred million liters of diesel, avoiding almost one billion kilograms of CO2 emissions. That’s a track record in which we take immense pride.”
“Our energy storage systems are now in a wide range of coastal, short sea, inland, subsea and port applications in hybrid and fully battery-powered configurations. Soon, in combination with the maritime fuel cell that Corvus is developing in partnership with Toyota, our energy storage systems will help replace fossil fuels and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions on ocean-going ships as well.”
While much of the groundwork and adoption of hybrid and electric marine technologies to date has been in the Nordic countries, the maritime communities in North America and Asia are now investing heavily to meet ambitious emissions reduction targets, states Corvus Energy.
“We are expanding our global production capacity and sales and service network in response to demand from multiple sectors, ship owners and ship builders around the world can be confident in their ability to access and leverage our expertise and market-leading technologies in their upcoming projects,” adds Bjørkeli.
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Published: 14 October, 2021
