BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 11, 2022
Maine Maritime Academy and a San Diego-based company plan to conduct some of the maritime industry’s first tests on an emerging electric battery technology that could help stabilize energy grids at peak demand. The academy and Nuvve, a “vehicle-to-grid” energy company, signed an agreement last month to establish a center at the Castine campus that would be the hub for experimentation with the company’s technology on the water. Instead of only taking electricity from the grid, vehicle-to-grid technology allows energy to flow in both directions from an electric car when it’s plugged in. The technology has been limited to electric vehicles, but Nuvve is now exploring opportunities with boats at MMA.