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Scan the QR code to read the expansion at EBDG, said the solution is a good cell power. Through the years, the system has full story on MarineLink.com ? t for Hydrogen One based on the vessel’s op- been scaled up and is now ready to support the erational pro? le. While pure hydrogen can be multimegawatt power needs of marine vessels. dif? cult to carry in quantity and get distance, Hydrogen One will be in the 2,000-horsepower methanol—which is readily available and rou- range, but as the technology continues to evolve, tinely carried on U.S. inland waterways—is very towboats could become more powerful using similar to fueling conventional diesel, Complita similar methanol-to-hydrogen systems.

said. “You bunker it from a truck or a terminal through a hose. It does not take any special permitting, unlike hydrogen and ammonia and some other alternative fuels,” Complita said. “Methanol, in my opinion, is probably the safest alterna- tive fuel to transfer to the vessel beyond diesel and biodiesel.”

According to Complita, “The other bene? t of methanol is that, similar to diesel, it gives you relatively unlimited range. . . So, we can build a boat that can get similar range to diesel with methanol fuel. That’s not something you can do with electricity [alone]. That’s not some- thing you can do with liquid or gas hy- drogen. Other options like ammonia are starting to come online to do that as well, but they are a lot farther out in having the technology ready for that.” e1 Marine, a joint venture between

Maritime Partners, Irish tanker owner

Ardmore Shipping and Bend, Ore.- based hydrogen generation specialist

ELEMENT 1 Corporation, will sup- ply a methanol-to-hydrogen generator technology for the Hydrogen One. The system will convert methanol and water into pure hydrogen that will run through fuel cells to create electricity for the ves- sel’s motors, which drive dual L-drive azimuth thrusters. e1 Marine has tapped

RIX Industries to manufacture Hyrdo- gen One’s M18 reformers and PowerCell

Sweden AB to supply the PowerCellu- tion Marine System 200 fuel cells. The vessel will also be equipped with batter- ies that provide additional power when needed, both while underway and for hotel power.

Robert Schluter, managing director of e1 Marine, noted that the technology is already proven but has typically been used in smaller scale power generation applications — less than 10 kW of fuel www.marinelink.com 21

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