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MARINE FUEL: THE AGE OF HYDROGEN

Hydrogen propulsion “Nothing competes with this”

After pushing drivers to biodiesel (banned in some European cities) then ship owners into nat- ural-gas engines (before cutting incentives), Oslo is now sponsoring marine energy storage.

Yet, sharing the subsidies is a parallel drive synced with the European Union and aimed at fostering the ? rst marine-hydrogen projects. Norway hopes to marry electro-chemical energy- storage and liquid hydrogen or fuel cells for an early-mover market lead. Readily available in theory, hydrogen’s place in propulsion will now determined by the ? rst projects.

By William Stoichevski he ? rst hydrogen ? ll- GL’s principal hydrogen consultant, greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent by joined by onshore hydrogen and auto- ing station in Norway Gerd-Petra Haugom. She says marine 2050, the quest for true zero-emissions sector players keen to solve “hydrogen fuelled-up its ? rst public battery awareness really took off in marine propulsion has also, now, really as (marine) fuel” and marine “hydrogen bus back in 2012. That 2011, also on the results of studies. Since taken off. carriers.” followed on the heels of the International Maritime Organization To hurry what Haugom calls the Given the in? uence of DNV GL in

Ta hydrogen study done revised its greenhouse-gas reduction frontrunner “projects”, near-shore and Norway, it’s possible Haugom’s visible in 2000. “Things move fast,” says DNV strategy in April 2018 and pledged to cut oceangoing supply chains here are being enthusiasm for hydrogen has helped

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A ? rst hydrogen-hybrid fer- ry operation is envisoned starting up in 2022 with hydrogen containment up top.

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