TECO 2030 today (November 3) revealed, alongside Shell International Trading and Shipping Company, Shell International Exploration and Production, Ektank, Blom Maritime, TECO Solutions, Umoe Advanced Composities (UAC), FKAB Marine Design, Neste Oyj, and The Artic University of Norway (UiT), it would retrofit a tanker with a 2.4MW fuel cell system.
The 18.600 DWT product tanker is planned to have a 4,000kg of compressed hydrogen storage and TECO 2030’s fuel cells installed, with hopes of demonstration in 2024.
Dubbed HyEkoTank, it is expected the tanker will demonstrate zero-emissions at berth, while the fuel cell system will facilitate an estimated 60% reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) during voyage.
The partners say the project could be a ‘first mover’ in the maritime shipping segment, which is aimed at contributing to achieving the European Union’s ambitious climate targets of reducing GHG emissions by 55% by 2030 and hitting Net Zero by 2050.
“We are proud to have been invited for funding from Horizon Europe as we move forward with the integration of TECO 2030 Fuel Cells onboard ships,” said Tore Enger, Group CEO of TECO 2030. “The hydrogen tanker concept will be a state-of-the-art vessel retrofitted to reduce up to 100% of GHG emissions during voyage and at berth.”
He added, “There is no doubt that zero-emission is the way forward if we have any ambition to reach the targets in the Paris Agreement.”
TECO 2030 in June this year (2022), revealed its concept for the hydrogen-powered tanker.
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Carl Henrickson, General Manager Technology, Innovation & Digitalisation at Shell Shipping and Maritime, commented, “Shell is proud to be a part of this fuel cell project, which aims to demonstrate the viability of hydrogen as a zero-carbon fuel for the maritime sector. Our target is to be a Net Zero emissions energy business by 2050 and to accelerate this transition we are partnering with customers and businesses from across the sectors.”
A dream team for decarbonisation – TECO 2030 and its vision for maritime markets
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Take a look at any of the significant developments in decarbonising transportation and specifically maritime markets in the past 12 months, and you’ll see that TECO 2030 is rarely far from the headlines.
The company is embedded in the transition to sustainability on our seas and waterways. In fact, its own tagline explains that TECO 2030 ‘accelerates the green transition in the maritime sector by delivering technology that helps ships to reduce their environmental and climate impacts.’
A core element in that quest is hydrogen fuel cell technology and propulsion, and the company first showed its support for the clean fuel back in September 2020, when it jointly announced an agreement with engineering firm AVL List GmbH to develop a hydrogen fuel cell system specifically designed for heavy-duty marine applications…
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