Shanghai deepens business with Corvus

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The Canadian energy storage development co[ds_preview]mpany Corvus Energy received an order for hybrid port equipment in Shanghai.

Newly-designed lithium-ion energy storage systems (ESS) will be provided for a hybrid rubber-tired gantry crane (RTG) designed by CCCC Shanghai Equipment Engineering (CCCCSEE), Corvus announced. »The new ESS solution from Corvus is a smaller, ultra high power, liquid cooled system designed specifically to meet the RTG power requirements more cost effectively«, it was said.

The RTGs will be produced by integrator CCCCSEE for Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. (ZPMC), the world’s largest port crane manufacturer. The first order is destined for Shanghai International Port Group and will be installed in Yidong Terminal, Shanghai. It joins over a dozen other Corvus ESS powered hybrid RTGs at Yidong Terminal, making it the companies largest port end-user.

According to the announcement, unlike conventional diesel electric port cranes, the CCCCSEE hybrid RTG is powered primarily from the ESS resulting in fuel savings of up to 65% with the added benefits of reduced operating costs, less greenhouse gas emissions and lower noise levels at the terminal.

»This latest order from CCCCSEE for the Yidong Port, once again proves the viability of energy storage for the hybridization of industrial equipment such as port equipment«, Corvus‘ Vice President Sean Puchalski said.