Monbat AD builds on its partnership with the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute (BAI)
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The company donates equipment and batteries for the new laboratory block on Livingstone Island
Varna, Nov. 6th, 2024
Monbat is supplying BAI with the batteries and cabinets for external mounting for a new generation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) to be deployed at the newly built laboratory block in the polar base on Livingston Island. The research vessel “Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiy” will sail to Antarctica on 07.11.2024 for the 33rd Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition. The new BESS will provide greater available capacity and will be part of an integrated system that will support the operation of the research equipment even while the base is uninhabited.
The successful partnership between Bulgarian polar researchers and Monbat dates back to 2018, when the first batches of industrial batteries were delivered. Along with the equipment and batteries donated to BAI, the ship also is also loaded with batteries, purchased by Bulgarian and foreign companies that will conduct experiments at the base and rely on Monbat’s industrial batteries in very harsh climate conditions.
“We are currently elaborating on an engineering project to test the construction of an integrated system meant to provide electricity for the base 365 days a year. It combines the operation of solar panels, batteries and generators, whereas the latter will charge the batteries during the dark months of the winter period. We will then mainly rely on the batteries as a source of energy to help us collect data year-round,” explained the commander of the Bulgarian Antarctic base “St. Kliment Ohridski” Kamen Nedkov. “We are proud to build up our successful partnership with the Bulgarian polar explorers. We have the unique opportunity to prove the qualities of our new energy storage systems based on lead-acid industrial batteries in extreme climate conditions. In contrast to the previously basic solutions that we have built with the base team, this time we are sending a much more convenient, reliable and upgradeable energy storage solution,” commented Bozhidar Nekeziev, Commercial Director of the Industrial Batteries Division at Monbat.
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