Tag: hydrogen

Port of Rotterdam along with DeltaPort Niederrheinhäfen and E.ON join their forces to encourage island shipping in Germany and Europe to turn from diesel to battery or hydrogen. In fact, both sides decided to develop a new infrastructure in which vessels can exchange battery containers or refuel hydrogen.

CMA CGM is teaming up with Energy Observer, the first hydrogen-powered vessel to embark on a round-the-world voyage, sharing the common goal of a zero-emissions shipping industry. The Energy Observer project was the world's first hydrogen-powered vessel, which was a former race boat powered with autonomous navigation with hydrogen. 

Toyota has been participating in the Energy Observer project from the beginning, supporting the use of hydrogen, in line with its Environmental Challenge 2050 which represents the company's green and sustainable ambitions.

Port of Rotterdam recently informed that along with 17 collaborators inked a declaration of intent to allow transport by water, road and train through the Rhine-Alpine corridor based on hydrogen. The port is a participant is this initiative under the name RH2INE (Rhine Hydrogen Integration Network of Excellence).

Port of Oostende came in an agreement with DEME Concessions and PMV to construct an offshore wind-powered hydrogen plant until 2025. Through their operational plant, collaborators goal to produce green hydrogen as an energy source for electricity, transport, heat and fuel purposes and as a raw material for industrial purposes.

Following the implementation of the 2020 sulphur cap on January 1st 2020, a study launched focuses on the importance of new investments into new fuel production, supply chains and a new or retrofitted fleet to achieve the decarbonization in the next three decades.

According to a recent statement, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation has delivered a mobile 30kW hydrogen fuel cell system to a fuel cell ship. The volume per unit power output is reduced to 1/3 compared to the stationary fuel cell systems.

As we are approaching the end of another exciting year for shipping, without a doubt the focus of everyone ahead of 2020 will be on IMO sulphur cap. This issue, along with decarbonization in general, has emerged as a main priority for the sector, with companies trying to find ways to cut their emissions. In this article, we take a look back at 2019, and we identify the key environmental moments that left their mark.

Ørsted along with six industrial partners have been awarded funding for a demonstration project, called H2RES project, in Denmark using offshore wind power to produce renewable hydrogen for road transport. 

The Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, K Line, is participating in “CO₂-free Hydrogen Energy Supply-Chain Technology Research Association” (HySTRA); an association working towards creating an international CO₂ free energy supply chain comprised of hydrogen production effectively utilizing brown coal in Australia and its liquefaction; transportation to Japan; storage and utilization.