New marine battery range from Corvus
The Canadian company has designed the Orca ESS product line based on experience from more than fifty vessels currently using a Corvus ESS, totaling over 35MWh installed and 1 million operating hours.
Andrew Morden, president and chief executive of Corvus Energy, said: “We challenged our engineering teams to design and build the industry’s safest, highest performing ESS at an extremely compelling cost of ownership.”
“Orca ESS is the result of that challenge and the lessons learned from our experience as the leading provider of ESS solutions,” he added.
Rather than a single product approach, the Orca ESS product line delivers a range of products which are designed to meet the various needs of maritime customers. Orca Energy is aimed at applications that require large amounts of energy such as ferries and merchant vessels, while Orca Power is designed for applications that require a seamless response to dynamic power loads such as offshore supply vessels and port equipment.
Orca ESS solutions are designed to scale for applications of all sizes, up to and beyond 10MWh, at a lower total cost of ownership. “With a step-change in price, typical applications should expect total installed costs to be reduced by up to 50% with Orca ESS,” said Mr Morden.
The Orca product line also includes innovations related to safety and operations. Among those innovations, both Orca Energy and Orca Power feature patented technology that delivers cell-level thermal runaway isolation. Additional innovations such as power connections contained within the rack eliminate the need for cables and manual connections.
