New and flexible fuel cell technology can reduce emissions from shipping by 40 to 100%. Partners from shipping, R&D, and oil and gas are now constructing a pilot system that can use different types of fuel. The system will first be tested at the Sustainable Energy catapult center in Norway before installation onboard a chemical tanker. The unique project was presented to the Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, during a ceremony celebrating an expansion of the catapult center yesterday into...
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Fuel Cell Industry’s First Commercial Zero-Emission Module To Power Ships Introduced By Ballard
Ballard Power Systems announced the launch of the fuel cell industry’s first module designed for primary propulsion power in marine vessels. Ballard’s FCwaveTM fuel cell product is a 200-kilowatt (kW) modular unit that can be scaled in series up to the multi-megawatt (MW) power level.
The FCwaveTM product provides primary propulsion power for marine vessels – such as passenger and car ferries, river push boats, and fishing boats – as well as stationary electrical power to support hotel and...
NYK Begins Demonstration For Commercialization Of High-Power Fuel Cell Vessels
NYK Line, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK), and ENEOS Corporation (i.e., “the Companies”) are pleased to announce that the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has approved the Companies’ participation in a demonstration project for the commercialization of high-power Fuel Cell (FC) vessels.
The project, which will begin in September2020, is Japan’s first effort to develop a commercially...
Samsung Heavy Accelerates Development Of Eco-Friendly Fuel Cell Ships
Samsung Heavy Industries is accelerating the development of fuel cell ships to preoccupy the future eco-friendly ship market.
Samsung Heavy Industries announced on the 30th that it has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with the global fuel cell manufacturer, Bloom Energy, for joint development of fuel cells for ships.
Ho-Hyun Jung, Head of Samsung Heavy Industries’ Technology Development Division (Executive Director) and Mr. KR Sridhar, President of Bloom Energy, unveiled an agreement to...
Toshiba Delivers Mobile Hydrogen Fuel Cell System To Fuel Cell Ship
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (hereinafter “Toshiba ESS”) announced that the company has delivered a mobile 30kW hydrogen fuel cell system, which volume per unit power output is reduced to 1/3 compared to the stationary fuel cell systems, to a fuel cell ship.
The fuel cell ship, which passed the Temporary Navigation Permit Inspection of Japan Craft Inspection Organization on October 30, has started demonstrations of the verification by NREG TOSHIBA BUILDING Corporation*1 and...