Argonne advances battery breakthroughs at every stage in the energy storage lifecycle, from discovering substitutes for critical materials to pioneering new real-world applications to making end-of-life recycling more cost effective.
[pdf] Batteries are highly efficient carriers of renewable energy and their increased utilisation in various waterborne transport applications enables the decarbonisation and depollution of waterborne transport. Full battery-electrification is already being demonstrated for small and medium-scale vessels.
[pdf] Le Commandant Charcot is a rated icebreaking vessel capable of reaching remote polar destinations such as the . She features a hybrid power plant powered by (LNG) and 5 MWh electric batteries, capable of briefly driving the ship without engines running.
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