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Corvus Energy’s marine lithium polymer battery pack used in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat

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This diesel-to-hybrid retrofit represents Europe’s first low emissions hybrid tugboat. In 2011, Foss incorporated Corvus’ lithium polymer batteries into the Campbell Foss, introducing the next generation in energy and power storage solutions into the Tugboat industry. Corvus uses Dow Kokam cells. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Study finds hybrid tugboat delivers significant reduction in criteria pollutant emissions compared to conventional version

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A study of a hybrid tugboat, funded by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and conducted by UC Riverside, found that when compared with a conventional diesel-powered version, a hybrid tugboat can reduce emissions of PM 2.5 quantify the effects of the diesel electric drive train versus batteries on the total emission.

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