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Retrofitting means replacing the internal combustion technology with hydrogen technology, removing both the main engine and gearbox, and installing a new modular propulsion system. This will consist of electric motors, hydrogen tanks, a PEM fuel cell system (necessary for converting hydrogen into electricity) and a battery system. The compressed hydrogen tanks, the fuel cells and the battery system are separate units that can be removed for maintenance or replacement purposes.

The hydrogen and fuel cell system will be installed in the cargo space of the vessel, with the hydrogen being placed above the fuel cell system in two 40ft containers (approximately 1000kg at 300 bar).

The fuel cell system will be triple redundant with 825kW capacity (to supply propulsion and auxiliary power) and a 504kWh lithium-ion battery pack for peak shaving, secondary and bridging power. The system will contain a 750V DC bus bar and an e-motor for propulsion.

https://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/vessel-build-and-maintenance/vessel-repair-and-maintenance/h2-retrofit

Holland Shipyards Group is about to commence retrofitting Future Proof Shipping’s Maas to Sail on H2 Power.

Having completed months of energy profiling, the 110m x 11.45m inland container vessel will be retrofitted at the Holland Shipyards Group’s yard in Hardinxveld throughout Q3 2021 and is expected to be sailing 100% on hydrogen power by December of this year.

https://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/vessel-build-and-maintenance/vessel-repair-and-maintenance/h2-retrofit

Avangrid Renewables will finance the breeding of California Condors in captivity to replace any that might be killed by their wind turbine blades.

https://www.birdguides.com/news/wind-power-company-vows-to-help-save-california-condor/

The port of Duisburg (duisport), the German Aerospace Centre and the Centre for Fuel Cell Technology are working on a preliminary study for the development and commissioning of a hydrogen shunting locomotive. It is an important milestone in the long-term avoidance of greenhouse gases and expansion of environmentally friendly means of transport. EUR 185,000 are budgeted for the project.

https://www.transportjournal.com/en/home/news/artikeldetail/hydrogen-locomotives-soon-in-shunting-yards.html

The »Tagus« photovoltaic plant (380 MW) will be located in the municipality of Alcántara and will have more than 930,000 panels and 226 inverters on a fixed structure. The company expects that it will be commissioned between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023.

https://www.photon.info/en/news/iberdrola-develop-750-mw-pv-capacity-extremadura-spain

in Saudi Arabia sends oil surging to 13-month high.

https://www.rt.com/business/517485-oil-surge-saudi-terminal-attack/

Funding of £4.5 million from the Scottish Government has been awarded to Aberdeen City Council for the introduction of 10 new hydrogen buses into the city’s public transport fleet.

The hydrogen industry has the potential to be worth up to £25 billion a year to Scotland’s economy by 2045. £100 million has been committed over the next five years to stimulate the sector and its supply chain.

https://governmentbusiness.co.uk/news/08032021/10-new-hydrogen-buses-aberdeen%E2%80%99s-fleet

The FTSE 100 was in positive territory as markets opened this morning after attacks on Saudi Arabia facilities pushed oil prices to a one-year high.

https://www.cityam.com/ftse-100-makes-gains-as-oil-prices-hit-one-year-high/

https://www.miningweekly.com/article/mines-anywhere-everywhere-have-opportunity-to-go-green-hydrogen-optimized-2021-03-08

Invest North has an exceptional line-up of speakers for its first virtual conference which takes place 24 March, 2021.

The event opens with a keynote address from Rt Hon Grant Shapps – Secretary of State for Transport and the Minister with Cabinet responsibility for the Northern Powerhouse.

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/events/invest-north

Just off the M1 motorway near Sheffield, on a site where thousands of steel workers once helped to forge the northern English city’s industrial reputation, a little known hydrogen company with just over 220 employees is once again attracting international attention to the region.

ITM Power has, over the past 20 years, created an international name for itself in a clean energy industry that has grabbed the attention of governments from Germany to Japan. Its new £22m factory — the size of two football pitches — manufactures electrolyser equipment that can use renewable power to produce hydrogen from water.

How Tesco fuelled record breaking fires in Brazil’s wetlands.

https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/tesco-pantanal-wetland-fires-brazil-meat/

Report reveals how supermarkets including Tesco, and fast food companies are funding the destruction of the Pantanal by buying meat from subsidiaries of the world’s largest meat processor, JBS.

"Humanity is at a crossroads. The climate and biodiversity crisis gets more serious with each passing week, and the window in which companies have time to act is closing fast. Right now JBS is hiding behind every excuse available to continue its forest and climate-wrecking practices. By trading with JBS, Tesco is enabling that destruction"

https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/tesco-pantanal-wetland-fires-brazil-meat/

S-Oil acquires 20% stake in hydrogen fuel cell developer.....

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?mp=1&np=1&ud=20210307000132

Gold

Added to AU..underwater with first.

Wouldn't the ignition temperature of H2 running through axial flow turbine be a problem ?

Boaty, thanks for taking te time to do that, really good stuff, will take some time thinking about it all.
Can I throw Nano Coated Salt into the mix ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgUTL_FkErI

Glenmorangie, Whyte and Mackay, Diageo and Pale Blue Dot...

https://www.energyglobal.com/wind/05032021/port-of-cromarty-firth-teams-up-to-develop-green-hydrogen/