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With a production plant in Bergen, Norway, it plans to of- Seine later in 2021, as part of a new business for urban distri- fer fuel cells based on a technology developed by Toyota bution with transport vessels in the Paris area. Onboard fuel for automobiles, starting in 2023. The project has received cells will be supplied with compressed hydrogen in cylinders. $6.25m in funding from Innovation Norway, a State agency. The consortium is also building a passenger/car ferry at the

Corvus is thinking about a robust long-term strategy, say- Ada Shipyard, in Istanbul, to be deployed by the Norwegian ing: “Furthermore, a speci? c marine control system unit- owner Norled along the coast near Stavanger.

ing the battery and fuel cell operation will be developed The Ardmore Shipping hydrogen fuels distribution mandate for easy integration with power management systems from is worldwide, but it points towards the U.S. Providing a hint a range of system integrators.” EBDG’s Waterhouse said of a market with likely high uptake, if the deal moves ahead, “…the ef? ciency of PEM conversions is over 50% (energy Ardmore and E1 would be bringing in Maritime Partners, a output/energy content of hydrogen) so it’s better than an in- ? nancier which has penetrated heavily in to the U.S. inland ternal combustion engine.” He told Maritime Reporter that waterway markets, having ? nanced hundreds of barges for “Most marine applications need to be in the several MW the inland river system. range. These will likely be based on designs for railroad Smart money with a maritime bent is looking closely at bat- engines since the railroad market is much larger than the teries and fuel cells, in conjunction with funding from gov- marine market.” ernment. The SW/TCH team (tied to investor Oaktree, and

Another set of projects is underway in Europe, under the to Clean Marine Energy - backers of early LNG fuel barg- auspices of the E.U. funded Flagships project, a consortium ing efforts) has developed a concept for an all electric ferry of shipowners, equipment suppliers and service providers around New York’s waterways, and is participating in the seeking to bring hydrogen fueling to marine carriers. One Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine project, where the ferry project member, the French inland shipowner Compagnie Water-Go-Round with construction underway at All Ameri-

Fluvial de Transport (CFT), a subsidiary of the Sogestran can Marine, to be powered by hydrogen fuel cells, is set for

Group, is set to deploy a hydrogen fueled vessel on the River a 2021 launch.

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