BlueStor, a project created by MSE International and funded by BEIS under its Longer Duration Energy Storage (LODES) competition, has produced detailed plans for developing the UK’s first floating organic flow battery for decarbonised port energy storage and shore power for two cruise ships. Organic flow battery technology avoids many of the environmental disadvantages of conventional battery technologies, and is ideally suited to maritime applications.
The current phase of the BlueStor project...