Defense specialist teams with Verlume for subsea power storage
Verlume and Kraken Robotics are forming a collaboration to develop subsea power storage.
This will integrate Verlume’s Axonn energy management technology with Kraken’s SeaPower subsea batteries, according to an Aug. 27 Verlume news release. Goals include improved subsea autonomy and supporting the switchover to low-carbon operations for offshore oil and gas and renewable energy sectors.
Kraken manufactures its SeaPower batteries at production facilities in Rostock, Germany, and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
According to Verlume, the partnership will introduce military-grade battery technology into the commercial offshore energy sector.
Hitherto, Kraken has supplied its SeaPower batteries to defense companies for uncrewed underwater vehicles.
“We have not yet provided solutions for other applications like energy storage for offshore energy operations or subsea resident power stations. By offering SeaPower battery integration into Verlume systems, clients get… SeaPower’s high energy density without oil compensation or pressure housing along with Verlume’s proven subsea power storage infrastructure.”
—Patrick Paranhos, VP of Power Systems, Kraken Robotics
Axonn is a software platform designed to automatically manage energy flow in subsea applications, environments, allowing complex decisions to be automatically implemented, according to Verlume.
The company claims it is the sole system capable of combining fully autonomous decision-making and power control of intermittent power generation sources, while at the same time serving as a communications gateway.
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