For 4 years, the SEABAT project (Solutions for largE bAtteries for waterBorne trAnsporT) worked on a full electric marine battery concept.

Electrification is a key technology to reduce maritime emissions. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) wants to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport by 50% by 2050 compared to 2008, and even pursues efforts towards phasing them out entirely.

However, maritime electric propulsion is not yet mature. Maritime batteries are considerably more expensive than automotive batteries and integrated solutions for ships have not yet started to penetrate the markets.

SEABAT takes the challenge head-on to substantially reduce the costs of large waterborne transport battery systems by developing a full-electric maritime hybrid concept that combines high-energy and high-power storage cells.

During this event will present they will present their findings and look forward to the future.

The European Commission (EC) has informed SEABAT that the hybrid battery system they have developed, in which high-energy batteries are combined with high-power batteries in the same module, is the largest and most powerful built to date, being the most promising solution to promote, incentivize and increase the electrification of the maritime transport sector.

Given the importance and impact that the system developed by SEABAT will have in the maritime transport sector, and in Europe, the consortium considers that it is a unique opportunity for you to attend this event and be part of what will be a milestone in the electrification of ships and the decarbonization of the maritime transport sector. Likewise, you will be able to speak first-hand, and in person, with all the entities that have participated in its development and construction, such as Flanders Make, Ikerlan, Imecar, ABEE, RINA, etc.