Posted on 09 Feb 2023
Norway’s fuel cell company TECO 2030 said Wednesday it has started a project to demonstrate the use of hydrogen for propulsion and auxiliary loads in a tanker prototype, Kallanish reports.
The so-called HyEko Tank project, being developed in partnership with Shell and other consortium partners, has received a €5 million ($5.36m) grant from the European Union. It started on 1 February and should last three years.
TECO 2030 will retrofit six 400-kilowatt fuel cell modules in a container solution. The goal is to demonstrate that the fuel cell power generator can be applied to existing ship fleet, enabling zero-emission shipping. It should also enable power supply in port operations.
“This is one of the largest marine fuel cell projects in the world that I am aware of, and we will do our best to prove that fuel cells are the name of the game in decarbonising heavy-duty marine applications,” comments TECO 2030’s ceo Tore Enger.
Oil major Shell, which plans to be a net-zero company by 2050, will purchase the fuel cell system and provide renewable hydrogen to power the demo tanker.
Source:Kallanish
