The state owned Cochin Shipyard will develop and build the first indigenous hydrogen fuelled electric vessels as part of the efforts to achieve green shipping said Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonawal.
The Minister was speaking at the workshop on Green Shipping organized by the Ministry of Ports and Shipping in Kochi .
The decision is part of India’s transformative efforts on the green energy
The decision is part of India’s transformative efforts on the green energy and cost-effective alternate fuel front. Hydrogen fuel cells can be used in a wide range of applications, including transportation, material handling, stationary, portable, and emergency backup
power applications. Fuel cells operating on hydrogen fuel are an efficient,
environmentally-friendly direct current (DC) power source, and are now under
development for marine applications.
Cochin Shipyard Limited will implement the project in collaboration with Indian
partners and the groundwork for the project has already begun. The Cochin Shipyard has partnered with Indian developers of hydrogen fuel cell, power train and Indian Register of Shipping for developing rules and regulations for such vessels. The hydrogen fuel cell vessel is based on low-temperature proton exchange membrane technology (LT-PEM) called fuel cell electric vessel (FCEV) is expected to cost around Rs. 17.50 crores of which 75%
will be funded by the Union Government.
