CentrePort's battery should smooth the electrification path

CentrePort's battery should smooth the electrification path
CentrePort has already electrified large parts of its operations. (Image: NZME)
Greg Hurrell
CentrePort’s planned battery storage system could help New Zealand industries manage the challenges of electrification and open extra revenue streams.Wellington’s port company is ordering a 500 kilowatt, 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) battery energy storage system (Bess).The port has been embarking on an electrification programme and now operates a 100% electric fleet of port trucks within the container terminal, alongside electric ship-to-shore cranes. That has created its own set of stresses and strains.For a sizeable industrial opera...

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