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safeguards and accommodations for ping, Equinor, Prototech, Yara, and will provide expertise on energy man- marine installations of this size,” Cheli- Wärtsilä Norway, responsible for fuel agement controls and data. Replicator otis tells. systems, ship’s design and stability, and vessel owners are StarBulk Manage- vessel energy management. Fraunhofer ment (bulk vessel), North Sea Shipping

Ammonia + Fuel Cells = Ef? ciency IMM (GE) will assist Prototech in the (offshore construction vessel) and Cap-

The ef? ciency of ammonia in fuel development and construction of the ital Ship Management Corp (container cells is good, Cheliotis says. “Success- ammonia fuel cell system. Persee (FR) vessel).

ful cases have taken advantage of the most ef? cient fuel cells. We believe that we can hit the sweet spot of fuel cell technology with ammonia.”

Fuel cells have favorable character- istics in the con? guration of vessels as well, he says. “As they do not require the same dedicated space as large two- or four-stroke engines, fuel cells can be distributed in modules, saving space and exploiting otherwise unavailable options.” “People are ready to listen to argu- ments for fuel cells. The technology is becoming more common, and stories of success from other projects in road and rail are getting media attention,” Ch- eliotis observes. “Now we want to take advantage of fuel cell momentum and examine the use of ammonia in addition to hydrogen.”

Cheliotis sees the relationship be- tween hydrogen and ammonia in fuel cells as more complimentary than com- petitive: “This is simply because differ- ent solutions will be required to meet different challenges. The choice of so- lution will depend on a case-by-case evaluation,” he believes.

Solving the ammonia–fuel cell equa- tion for deep-sea shipping is a step in the right direction for ensuring progress in the decarbonization process, Chili- otis concludes. “We will need many solutions to meet diverse needs in the maritime industry, and fuel cells pow- ered by ammonia can be among them.”

ShipFC project partners:

The University of Strathclyde (UK) and National Center for Scienti? c Re- search Demokritis (GR) will assess safety criteria. Norwegian members of the European consortium include NCE

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