Echandia enters offshore energy-sector to reduce emissions in drilling operations
Echandia, a Swedish developer of heavy-duty energy storage solutions for maritime and offshore applications, has received an initial order for battery systems to help reduce emissions and increase the energy efficiency on a jack up drilling rig in the middle east.There is growing pressure on oil and gas producers from their customers to minimize the carbon footprint associated with the production of purchased energy carriers. Hybridization of the drilling platform contributes to this goal by eliminating peak loads that would otherwise require multiple generators to operate under off-design