Hyon Marine project reminder = BULK28 Oct 2021 21:55
NEL HYDROGEN
"Hyon AS, jointly formed by Nel, Hexagon Composites and Power Cell, is collaborating on a growing number of hydrogen fuel-cell vessel projects aimed at producing zero-emissions shipping.
One is project ZeFF, a zero-emissions fast ferry and another, SeaShuttle, is a zero-emissions coastal container ship with automated cargo handling.
Hyon managing director Tomas Tronstad said there were other projects including Water-go-Round passenger vessel, zero-emissions ferries in Geirangerfjord (south of Alesund), Felleskjopet cargo vessel tender for Heidelberg Cement and designing an aquaculture vessel.
These projects need to be supported by a strong supply chain with hydrogen bunkering, but there are no hydrogen marine bunkering facilities in Norway at present.
Mr Tonstad said Hyon is developing compressed hydrogen maritime bunkering?. “This is the missing piece. A filling station needs mass flow and class approval,” he said. Hyon’s infrastructure could bunker 3 tonnes of hydrogen per hour? from 380 bar on site to 250 bar on board.
This development will not be quick enough for the introduction of the first hydrogen-powered passenger vessel in Norway, as Norled intends to begin operating Hydra in 2021.
With more bunkering facilities in place and government incentives, there will be more hydrogen-powered vessel developments, said NCE Maritime CleanTech project manager Tore Boge. “The future for hydrogen is quite bright if we can have incentives in place,” he said, “with governments’ support and international co-operation for hydrogen to be available on a global scale.”
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