Discover the innovations of maritime electrification
The world’s leading exhibition and conference for maritime electrification, decarbonization and GHG reduction solutions. The Advanced Maritime Technology 2026 will showcase new electric and hybrid marine transportation and propulsion solutions, shore charging equipment and efficient emerging technologies to help you on your path to zero-emission shipping and net zero.
This expanded, future‑focused event unites the former Electric & Hybrid Marine and Autonomous Ship events into one collaborative platform shaped directly by attendee feedback and the accelerating pace of technological change across the sector.
An evolving maritime landscape
Electrification & hybridization.
This pillar focuses on the next generation of propulsion technologies. It explores advances in batteries, fuel cells, onboard power distribution, alternative fuels, and new hull and propulsion system designs that enable cleaner, more efficient operation. This stream is tailored for shipyards, system integrators, and technology suppliers seeking deep technical insight and real-world engineering application.
Infrastructure
As ports adapt to electrification and alternative fuels, this stream addresses the systems and planning required to build resilient future‑ready infrastructure. Topics include port‑side and offshore charging, grid capacity planning, demand management, and the development of alternative‑fuel bunkering networks. This pillar meets growing demand from port authorities, terminal operators, utilities, grid operators, and local government stakeholders who are driving the shore‑side energy transition.
Welcome to the future of maritime excellence!
Our contribution at the Advanced Maritime Technology 2026
We will present our Maritime DC Solutions. Discover our range of innovative power electronics components, solutions and power stacks that enable safe and SMART DC systems.
Peter’s contribution to the conference program: Safe and Smart Protection of DC Microgrids Onboard Ships
As Direct Current (DC) power systems gains traction, engineers face new complexities in protection and coordination that differ significantly from traditional AC systems. A central issue discussed is fault current complexity in ring systems, where fault currents can flow from multiple directions, making it difficult to achieve selectivity. This can lead to over-tripping or under-tripping of protection devices, compromising system reliability. These challenges are compounded by the increased fault levels and the need for sophisticated coordination mechanisms, often requiring communication-based protection schemes.
Safe and Smart Protection of DC Microgrids Onboard Ships: Integrating solid-state DC grid protection with online battery health monitoring
As we all know, the maritime sector is rapidly adopting DC microgrids and battery-powered propulsion to increase efficiency, flexibility, and sustainability. However, these advancements introduce new challenges in protection, reliability, and battery lifecycle management. This presentation brings together system-level DC grid protection and advanced battery health monitoring into one integrated vision for safe and intelligent onboard power systems.
Peter van den Berg focuses on solid-state protection solutions for onboard DC grids, addressing fast and selective short-circuit and power overload protection. He explains how modern solid-state protection enables advanced DC grid architectures such as multi-bus ring systems, enhancing redundancy and operational flexibility. Special attention is given to battery string protection with latching current limiters. To complete this Peter ends this part with solutions to prevent reverse current flow during shore charging of battery-powered vessels. All to ensure safe charging and operation of electric and hybrid vessels.
Spectral impedance-based battery health monitoring up to 150 kHz
Christoph Klie complements this system-level perspective with cutting-edge research into spectral impedance-based battery health monitoring up to 150 kHz in live, grid-connected environments. Unlike conventional methods that require battery disconnection, his work explores periodic, non-intrusive impedance measurements for continuous State of Health (SOH) assessment. The research progresses through three stages:
- Cell-Level SOH Determination
Frequency-dependent impedance measurements are performed on individual cells under varying load and grid conditions to correlate impedance characteristics with aging effects. - Pack-Level SOH Estimation
Building on validated cell-level results, advanced algorithms—such as characteristic signature analysis—are used to infer cell-level health from pack-level impedance measurements taken at a single measurement point during operation. - Impact of Grid Excitation on Battery Degradation
Since impedance monitoring introduces high-frequency excitation, the study evaluates whether this excitation itself contributes to additional battery wear.
If successful, this approach enables a fast, secure, and cost-effective online diagnostic method, potentially complementing or partially replacing existing offline battery diagnostics.
The lecture demonstrates how combining smart DC protection topologies with intelligent battery health monitoring creates safer, more resilient, and more efficient DC microgrids for the next generation of electric and hybrid vessels.
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