NEW APPROACH TO BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE LAUNCHED

In a move designed to supplement its power generation business, Volvo Penta is launching a new offer – a high-performance subsystem based on the Volvo Group’s electromobility platform, optimised for OEMs’ BESS applications.

“Battery energy storage is increasingly in demand for a variety of applications including utilities, factories, decentralised microgrids and mobile charging stations,” commented Hannes Norrgren, President of Volvo Penta Industrial.

“As our solution is application agnostic, we see huge potential for its adoption. Together with OEMs, our solution provides possibilities to store energy from and add resiliency to renewable solar or wind-powered sources, opening new business models that appeal to end customers on their road to net-zero emissions.”

The signature attribute in Volvo Penta’s modular and scalable BESS subsystem is a high-energydensity and high-power battery system with a favorable C-rating – which ensures quick and substantial charge and discharge, in response to sudden demand.

These battery systems are energy and poweroptimised to meet business and operational needs. From just one, to as many units as are required for the OEM’s BESS applications, Volvo Penta’s solution is scalable up to hundreds of mega-watt hours.

“BESS will enable highly flexible energy solutions, making low to no emissions a far more viable proposition for mobile and stationary use,” added Hannes. “We’re starting by introducing the solution to customers in North America and Europe, followed by other markets, and are eager to begin collaborating with OEMs to kickstart new projects in BESS.”

Volvo Penta’s offer is built on the Volvo Group’s electromobility platform which has seen success in applications such as trucks, buses and construction equipment. In parallel, the Volvo Group is also investing in battery cell and pack manufacturing. .

“Volvo Penta’s engineering expertise, together with knowledge from the Volvo Group, will be key in guiding our OEMs in developing a battery energy storage solution to meet new segment and application needs as we jointly navigate this energy transition,” concluded Heléne Mellquist, CEO of Volvo Penta. “The company has taken an exciting next step in its journey to visualising and realising an ecosystem of road-to-netzero solutions that not only strengthen our generation business but go well beyond into new segments.”

Cement Factory In Bangladesh Installs Advanced Gas Genset

Clarke Energy in Bangladesh has delivered an in-situ power generation plant to Mir Cement Ltd., providing energy resilience with reduced costs and CO2 emissions at their cement grinding plant in Narayanganj.

A Jenbacher Type-6 gas genset, has been installed within the building at the facility. At full operating capacity, the plant is expected to grind 2.400 tonnes of cement per day, reports Clarke Energy.

Mr. A.K.M Zaidul Islam, Director Sales Clarke Energy Bangladesh, tells WIP magazine: “When we did the load analysis for Mir’s cement manufacturing unit, the ball mill block load was a major challenge identified.

“After having detailed discussions with our engineering department, we offered them an integrated solution wherein the offered Jenbacher genset runs in grid synchronised mode during the start of one of the ball mills and once the load has been stabilized, it switches to island / isolated mode of operation, making the installation grid independent”.

Mir Cement is one of Bangladesh’s most successful cement manufacturing brands. Mir Cement is linked to Mir Akhter Hossain Limited, one of Bangladesh’s leaders in infrastructure & project construction and a Mir Group of Companies Limited subsidiary.

Through the years, Mir Cement has invested heavily in R&D to produce the best quality cement with a minimal carbon footprint. It has helped to enhance the characteristics of the cement blend, technological integration in manufacturing, storage, and supply chain, user demands, and performance in the long term.

The company’s quality business approach has also made Mir Cement one of Bangladesh’s most reliable cement producers. Mir Cement has been part of many pioneering projects in Bangladesh.

These include: Mirpur-Kalshi Flyover, Dhaka Elevated Expressway, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Liberation War Museum, Kachpur Meghna Gomti 2nd Bridge, Mugda Medical College and Hospital, the Hotel Intercontinental (New Block), Krishibid Institution Bangladesh, Bosila Bridge, Shahid Ahasan Ullah Master Ural Setu, Radisson Blu Water Garden, and the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.