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Large capacity generator set (350 kW) powered by renewable and carbon-free hydrogen for the energy transition of marinas, supplying port activities and ships moored at the quay

Status: Idea
Creation date: 01-06-2023

Project objectives:

Short summary A French SME developed a genset providing very large amounts of decarbonated electricity for ports and inland waterway ships docked. By operating fuel cells, this new genset meets energy challenges to solve complex challenges facing the new regulation "Low Sulphur" requiring the marinas and the docked ships to comply quickly and invest in a solution that effectively reduces their sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions. The SME offers commercial agreement with technical assistance to port economic players.

Full description All maritime areas worldwide will soon have to comply with new regulation "Low Sulphur" which means all global maritime areas will have to respect 0.5% sulfur content maximum in the air. Currently, while they are at the dock, ships use fuels to produce electricity, generating emissions very high in sulfur content, very polluting. Moreover, because of the recent electricity price increase, the private and public infrastructures aim to be removed from the electricity grid, temporarily or permanently. The French company developed a high-capacity 350kW genset for marinas and ships. The produced decarbonated electricity comes from renewable and low-carbon hydrogen via Fuel Cell (FC) to reduce as far as environmental impact. The Fuel Cell power and battery storage can be sized according to the needed nominal power. The genset meets energy challenges by providing very large amounts of electricity inland waterway ships docked. It has been designed to warrant 24/7 availability to the user network during the operating period. To ease setup, all the equipment is integrated into a 30-foot-high cube container, i.e. 20m² of footprint. The container is made up of 4 compartments, isolated from each other by partitions: - the 1st compartment accommodates the hydrogen circuit and the heat pump system air cooler. - the 2nd compartment accommodates a Fuel Cell system which produces electrical energy. The nominal power of the FC system is 220 kW (250 kW peak) - the 3rd compartment accommodates an electrical energy storage system and an electrical conversion system. The function of electrical energy storage is to enable the genset to periodically deliver to marinas and the docked ships network electrical power greater than the power that can be supplied by the Fuel Cell alone, within the capacity of the conversion and transformation systems. - the 4th compartment accommodates the air conditioning system and the electrical transformation system. The French company seeks partners to enable carbon-free marinas operation. Commercial agreements with technical assistance are sought with port economic players aiming to comply with the "Low Sulphur" new regulation.

Advantages and innovations Emitting only water, the genset has independent modules (Domestic Hot Water, Solar farm) that can be added to the system and offer several applications. Heat losses from the Fuel Cell can be reused. -Zero carbon emissions during the uses -Electrical + thermal energy -Independence from fluctuating fossil fuel prices -Noiseless solutions Fuel cell power can be sized according to the nominal power to be reached 1MW with additional gensets for example in order to erase electrical grid power. The FC is directly linked to the sizing of the H2 storage and the autonomy the marinas are willing to achieve. -24-hour availability -Ecologically responsible -Stationary -Modularity

Contact / source: NEXT EEN Widgets (europa.eu)

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