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World premiere: “Ducasse sur Seine”, the first 100% Electric Michelin Starred restaurant boat, equipped with the PowerRack battery system

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Ducasse sur Seine electric boat - PowerRack
Ducasse sur Seine – PowerRack

PowerTech Systems is pleased to announce that it is equipping the “Ducasse sur Seine”, 100% electric boat with its  PowerRack®  modular lithium battery system.

This 100% electric boat (propulsion, on-board equipment, kitchens, etc.) is powered entirely by our Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries, representing a stored energy of 720 kWh divided into two totally independent PowerRack banks.

The PowerRack battery system, certified by Bureau Veritas in early 2018, consists of 24 cabinets of 30kWh in 700V DC, connected in parallel. These batteries represent a weight of about 9 tons on board. This cabinet system limits floor space and allows energy to be stacked over the entire height of the hull, making the installation compact and integrated into the boat.

740kWh PowerRack system installed on board the “Ducasse sur Seine” vessel740kWh PowerRack system installed on board the “Ducasse sur Seine” vessel
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The “Ducasse sur Seine” has been in production since September 10, 2018. It delights the taste buds of its passengers twice a day (lunch and dinner), every day of the week. The trip to the heart of Paris is done without vibrations, silently, and without any pollution.

The official inauguration of the new vessel took place on 25 September 2018 in the presence of Mrs Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, and other personalities.

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Electric streamliner powered by a Lithium Ion battery from PowerTech Systems!

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21 French engineers students in aeronautics of the Estaca group have a dream ! They wanted to participate in the 2017 Bonneville Speed week with an atypical vehicle… An electric streamliner! And they did it!

November, 2017

Once upon a time, an electric streamliner…

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Not beating the record of 345km/h, they managed to reach nearly 250km/h with their electric racing car on the salt lake of Bonneville, Utah, USA.

The electric streamliner was equipped with two engines of E-formula 1, high technologies, a high power lithium Iron Phosphate battery. This latter is designed and built by
PowerTechSystems. Well prepared, they were close to break the speed record for an electric car!

An ambitious project of 7m length which provoked deep reactions, increasing renown and curiosity about the future technologies.

Watch this space with new projects ideas as the construction of a racing car… And the participation in a complete season of ” free racing ” (low-cost motor racing).

The project followed by PowerTechSystems :

Find more about :
“Ecole Supérieure des Techniques Aéronautiques et de Construction automobile, Laval” (only in French)
The “Estaca On the Salt” project on Facebook
The PowertechSystems know-how

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PowerTech Systems attends to FIRA (International Forum of Agricultural Robotics)

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The 2nd edition of the International Forum of Agricultural Robotics organized by NAIO will take place on November 29th and 30th, 2017, in Toulouse.

November, 2017

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This event meets about twenty exhibitors, specialists of the automation and robotics in agriculture. Among them, PowerTechSystems represented by Cyril Bergeaud, CEO, and Olivier Lechable, Sales Director.

2 days of exchanges and discoveries in the presence of experts. For example, it will be possible to meet:

  • Head of Robotics and Automation of the Agri-Epi Center at Harper Adams University as well as the Director of the National Center for Precision Farming, (UK),
  • President and Managing Director, Naïo Technologies, Aymeric Barthes et Gaëtan Severac (France)
  • Professor in agricultural robotics and head of the Robotics and Control Group at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Pal Joan From (Norway)
  • Member of the Executive Committee of CAPAGRO, Isabelle Monpert (France)
  • Venture Analyst and Associate in Anterra Capital, Dan HARBURG (US)
  • Director of Research of the IRSTEA National Institute of Scientific and Technological Research for the Environment and Agriculture, Roland Lenain (France)

In 2025, the agriculture could represent the 2nd robotics market. To understand and know it more, some essential themes will be deal with :

  • « Why robots come to the farm? », animated by Isabel Báez Betancort, journalist, Spanish Medias Agricoles (Espagne)
  • « The drudgery of farm work », animated by Maët Le Lan, Coordinator Experimental Station, Chamber of Agriculture (Brittany) (France)
  • « The new shift in agriculture », animated by Tobias Meyer, journalist, Traction Magazine (Germany)

To know more on :

FIRA exhibition
Lithium-ion applications
Lithium-ion PowerTechSystems Storage Systems

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Lithium Ion battery for ESTACA On The Salt is ready !

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June, 2017

This high performance Lithium ion iron Phosphate LiFe (LiFePO4) battery is designed by the PowerTech Systems teams. This lithium ion battery is able to deliver 250kW during the race in order to beat the speed record of the Bonneville Speed Week (USA) in August 2017.

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Small footprint : 75x50x30cm. Total weight : 145KgSmall footprint : 75x50x30cm. Total weight : 145Kg
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The pilot is almost readyThe pilot is almost ready

 

Last day rush before shipment to Bonneville, USA

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Good luck guys for the final race !


More information : Estaca On the Salt

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500 kWh Lithium-Ion battery for German utility grid

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500 kWh Lithium-Ion battery for German utility grid


August, 2016

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The above picture represents the lithium-Ion battery system that will be used in Germany to manage peak shaving, frequency regulation for utility grid.

An extended version of 1MWh will allow primary reserve service in an European country.

The battery is based on PowerRack Systems with BMSMatrix® technology inside. BMSMatrix® is smart battery management systems, with high flexibility and scalability features. This technology is able to manage batteries from 2.5kWh up to more than one MWh, from 48V to 1024VDC.

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PowerRack Systems