Fuel Cell Cruise Ship

Germany alone has made numerous innovations related to energy supply systems in its course of the research project e4ships- fuel cells in maritime use.

Fuel cell cruise ship. The integration of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell SOFC technology on a cruise ship is a world first. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd RCL has announced that it will utlise hydrogen fuel cell technology to provide additional power on their new liquefied natural gas LNG-powered Icon vessel class. Worlds first liquid hydrogen fuel cell cruise ship planned for Norways fjords.

The companies envisage wide-scale use of fuel cell technology on passenger ships replacing traditional diesel engines with fuel cells and heavy fuel oil HFO with hydrogen. G-CAPTAIN OCTOBER 2 2017 Viking Cruises has revealed that it is developing what could become the worlds first cruise powered by liquid hydrogen. The fuel cell has been developed by Freudenberg Sealing Technologies as part of a research project backed by the German Government and it runs on hydrogen obtained from methanol.

Together with its global partners AIDA Cruises has been focusing for many years in. One of the advantages of fuel cells is that they only produce CO 2 and water unlike a Diesel engine which also produces other pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. AIDA Cruises takes further step in its Green Cruising strategy.

Some cruise ship ports already require zero-emission operation. Fuel cells generate DC power compatible with modern ship electric and hybrid architectures and may be deployed in parallel dispatchable configurations to meet variable power requirements of vessels. The fuel cell is to generate energy onboard the cruise ship.

As early as 2021 AIDA Cruises will trial this technology on AIDAnova becoming the cruise industrys first brand to trial fuel cells on a large cruise ship. This concept is particularly well suited to cruise ships according to Baldi. ABB will deliver what it calls the first fuel cell system to provide an energy source for a luxury cruise ship.

The ultimate goal is a completely zero-emission system that will enable the worlds first sustainable clean cruise ships. The water that is produced by the fuel cell can be recovered if needed. The two new vessels are said to be slated for delivery in the second quarters of 2022 and 2024 under an agreement with Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku Oy Meyer Turku.