TECO 2030 and partners have been offered for HORIZON EUROPE funding to realise the hydrogen powered tanker concept, HyEkoTank.
The HyEkoTank project will retrofit a 18,600dwt product tanker with a 2.4 MW fuel cell system by TECO 2030 and 4,000kg of compressed hydrogen storage for demonstration in 2024. The HyEkoTank hydrogen powered tanker is expected to operate with zero emission at berth and a 60% reduction of GHG emissions during voyages.
In addition to TECO 2030, Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and Shell International Exploration and Production, the HyEkoTank project involves partners Ektank, Blom Maritime, TECO Solutions, Umoe Advanced Composites (UAC), FKAB Marine Design, Neste Oy, and The Arctic University of Norway.
、The consortium expects to finalise the EUR 5 million grant process by the end of the year and plans project start-up by 1 February 2023.
As part of the European Green Deal, the EU has committed to reducing GHG emissions by 55% by 2030, and a binding target of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. Under the ‘Fit for 55 package’ the EU is currently developing its climate, energy and transport-related legislation to align current laws with the 2030 and 2050 ambitions.
Tore Enger, Group CEO, TECO 2030, said: “There is no doubt that zero emission is the way forward if we have any ambition to reach the targets in the Paris Agreement.”
“Our target is to be a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 and to accelerate this transition we are partnering with customers and businesses from across the sectors. Shell will purchase the fuel cell system and provide the renewable hydrogen to power this pioneering project as we continue to drive innovation to deliver the cleaner energy solutions that our customers need,” said Carl Henrickson, General Manager Technology, Innovation & Digitalisation, Shell Shipping and Maritime.
