Financial backing secured for maritime hydrogen fuel system

“Hydrogen will be an important energy carrier on vessels where the operating profile does not suit batteries,” said Innovation Norway senior customer advisor Magne Aarsnes. “We are eager to support players who are demonstrating the role hydrogen can play and helping to move the industry forward.”

Hexagon Purus will establish a development centre in Langevågen for the maritime industry where engineers, shipowners, regulatory bodies and students can learn the functions of a hydrogen fuel system.

“We hope the full-scale model, combined with the development centre, will educate and inspire innovations that accelerate the adoption of compressed hydrogen in the maritime industry,” said Hexagon Purus Maritime project engineer Ingrid Fjørtoft Klokk.

The project is already well underway, and an official launch of the development centre and demonstration model will take place in 2024.

Hydrogen fuel as a pathway to a sustainable maritime industry will be put in the spotlight during day one of Riviera’s Maritime Hybrid, Electric & Hydrogen Fuel Cells Conference in Bergen, where organisations such as Hydrogen Europe and Norwegian Hydrogen will set out plans for demonstrations and seaborne projects.

Riviera Maritime Media’s annual Maritime Hybrid, Electric & Hydrogen Fuel Cells Conference will be held in Bergen, Norway on 17-19 October 2023. Book your place at the three-day conference using this link