Becker Marine battery business divested to Höpen GmbH affiliate

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The new company, Lehmann Marine, will also employ all 19 employees working in the COBRA division at Becker Marine. The managing directors of Lehmann Marine are Godehard Gauf and Alexander Lehmann.

Höpen GmbH retains a shareholding in Becker Marine Systems and is now also involved in the COBRA battery solution.

COBRA LFP battery

Source: Lehmann Marine

Becker Marine Systems has divested its battery business to Lehmann Marine, a subsidiary of Höpen GmbH, established in January 2023.

The LFP solution has been installed on a work boat, Chicago, operated by Hamburg Port Authority at the Hitzler shipyard in Lauenburg, as well as the hybrid ferry Liinsand and a tourist passenger ship.

Becker Marine noted that the use of LFP technology offered specific advantages, owing to the lack of cobalt in the battery cell units, as well as the circularity of the battery systems. The battery system is also freely scalable from a few kWh to several MWh due to the modular design - a COBRA battery rack can be equipped with up to eight battery modules and offers a capacity of 94 kWh per rack.