Echandia
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded 📆 | 2013 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
| Products 📟 | Lithium-ion batteries, Fuel cell systems |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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Echandia Marine AB is a Swedish developer of heavy-duty, zero-emission energy systems (ESS) for electric vehicles and grid regulation purposes. The company specialises in lithium-titanate-oxide batteries. Echandia is a member of Global Maritime Forum's Getting to Zero Coalition, alongside companies like Maersk, Vestas, Wartsila and Siemens Gamesa.[1].
History[edit]
The company was founded in 2013[2] by Magnus Eriksson (now chief executive), a naval architect who worked formerly at FMV developing and researching submarines[3]. The company began by developing electric propulsion systems for passenger ferries. In 2013-2014, the company developed the propulsion system and charging station for the first supercharged electric ferry, Movitz alongside sister company Green City Ferries[4][5] with 10 million SEK in funding from the Swedish energy agency (Energimyndigheten). Between 2012 and 2016, Echandia Marine designed and developed the electric driveline for the EU-funded project BB Green, the world’s fastest batery electric ASV, which received 3.2 M€ funding from the FP7 EU Programme. BB Green was designed by the Norwegian Surface Effect Ships/Effect Ships International and built by Latitude Yachts in Riga. It the first electric vessel of its kind to be used as a passenger ferry, has a top speed of 30 knots (56 kmh), and is capable of high-speed operation for 30 minutes[6] According to its website, Echandia now focuses exclusively on the supply of energy systems for heavy-duty industry such as ferries, trains, wind farms and stationery electric storage. In 2019, Echandia launched a partnership with Vattenfall, one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat, which is 100% owned by the Swedish state.[7]. The two companies developed a new solution for electric ferries that is designed to minimise emissions and noise, and lower operational and maintenance costs and provide superfast charging. The systems can be fully charged within 10 minutes with up to 500 kW charging power[7]
Lithium-Titanate-Oxide Batteries[edit]
Echandia builds scalable air-cooled battery systems based on Toshiba SCiB LTO cells[8]. It is the only company to have received DNV-GL approval for an LTO battery system (its E-LTO energy storage system)[9]. LTO battery chemistry is said to be so robust that thermal runaway in the cell is extremely unlikely, and propagation of thermal runaway between Toshiba cells has been proven not to occur during certification tests.
Collaboration with Damen[edit]
In August 2020, Echandia and Damen Shipyards formed a partnership to develop what is said will be the world’s first fully electric ship-handling tug[10]. Damen’s first RSD-E Tug 2513 – billed as a zero-emission version of the IMO Tier III-ready RSD Tug 2513 launched by Damen in 2018 – will serve the Ports of Auckland (POAL), the company administering New Zealand’s largest container and international trade terminal. The port manages over half of the country’s imports and exports, as well as hosting hundreds of thousands of cruise ship voyagers every year.[10]
Electric Ferry Fleets[edit]
In 2020, Echandia delivered the battery systems for Arriva Denmark's electric ferry fleet for Copenhagen and signed a contract to deliver the battery systems to Siemens for India's Kochi Water Metro[11][12]. In 2021, Echandia signed a contract to supply batteries for a fleet of ferries for Rotterdam's public transport network[13][14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Getting to Zero Coalition". www.globalmaritimeforum.org.
- ↑ "Allabolag - Echandia". www.allabolag.se.
- ↑ "Dagens industri - Echandia". www.di.se. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ↑ "Nyteknik - Echandia". www.nyteknik.se. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ "Echandia offers zero-emission energy systems for electric vehicles and heavy industry". smartcitysweden.com.
- ↑ "BB Green electric commuter ferry awarded electric and hybrid propulsion system of the year". www.volvopenta.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Vattenfall and Echandia Marine cooperate on electric ferry with superfast charging". group.vattenfall.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ↑ "Echandia Marine LTO Batteries to power the world's first fleet of all-electric commuter ferries". www.shippax.com. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ↑ "First New Type Approval Awarded for LTO Maritime Lithium Batteries". www.handyshippingguide.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Ferries and Cruises Damen Shipyards and Echandia Marine develop electric tug". www.electrichybridmarinetechnology.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ↑ "Ship.energy - Echandia". ship.energy.
- ↑ "Damen - Echandia". www.damen.com.
- ↑ "Echandia Marine receives order for battery systems for 6 electric and hybrid ferries". news.cision.com.
- ↑ "Echandia offers zero-emission energy systems for electric vehicles and heavy industry". smartcitysweden.com.
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