Battery developer expands

Roy Storeng will head up Echandia’s business development in the country and he brings with him brings extensive experience from the maritime industry, including at Wärtsilä, GE Transportation and Bertel O. Steen.

“Cutting emissions in the maritime sector is one of the transport industry’s greatest challenges. Echandia is lowering the environmental footprint within the sector by providing world class technology in battery and fuel cell systems for maritime applications,” said Mr Storeng.

Looking ahead

Magnus Eriksson, CEO and founder of Echandia, said that entering Norway is an important milestone for Echandia.

Norway is an important shipping country with a rapidly growing market for electrification in the maritime sector. 

Of the total number of fully electrified vessels globally, as much as 36% is operating Norwegian waterways with no other countries coming close. As such, Norway is an important market and will continue to lead the way on the path to a zero-emission global fleet.

Echandia, which is based in Stockholm Sweden, delivers heavy-duty battery and fuel-cell systems and proprietary, lightweight battery racks and system architecture for complex and demanding environments.

It has customers in Europe, Asia, and Oceania, including Cochin Shipyards, building the world’s largest fleet of electric ferries in Kochi, India, and the major global shipyard Damen Shipyard in the Netherlands.