Norwegian delivery firm Møre Sjø is inserting its bets on hydrogen instead marine gasoline with an order for the development of two emission-free hydrogen-powered bulk carriers at Gelibolu Shipyard in Türkiye. The corporate additionally secured bunker provides from hydrogen producer GreenH.
The newbuilds, which may have a size of 85 meters and a deadweight of 4,000 tons, will primarily function in northern and northwestern Norway, transporting sand, stone, and asphalt. As disclosed, one of many ships has already been leased to Nordasfalt.
Marine engineering firm Naval Dynamics designed the ships, whereas German know-how firm e-Cap Marine was chosen to supply onboard hydrogen options.
The ships, that are stated to be “the world’s first hydrogen-powered bulk carriers”, are slated for supply in 2027, renewing and doubling Møre Sjø’s fleet. The full worth for the 2 ships was not revealed.
The corporate has obtained funding help from ENOVA and the NOx Fund, in addition to monetary help from NRP and technical help from the Inexperienced Delivery Program for this undertaking.
“Now we have developed this undertaking over a number of years, obtained good help and located an idea for the brand new ships that we now have nice religion in. Present bulk carriers are outdated, and we subsequently needed to assume utterly new. After a cautious evaluation of know-how maturity, cost-effectiveness and safe entry to gasoline, the selection fell on hydrogen ships with hydrogen gasoline cells,” stated Torstein Holsvik, Technical Director at Møre Sjø.
“When the ships are accomplished in early 2027, we count on that the worth of hydrogen and the worth of marine fuel oil, which might have been an alternate, will likely be in line. All fossil fuels will regularly be topic to elevated CO2 taxes, hydrogen won’t. Low electrical energy costs for hydrogen manufacturing within the North, mixed with help from Enova and the NOx Fund, have weighed closely within the alternative of gasoline. We don’t criticize others who assume in another way, however after thorough preparation, we selected compressed hydrogen.”
GreenH will provide the newbuild ships with hydrogen produced at a number of of its amenities. The corporate has deliberate manufacturing amenities in Hammerfest, Bodø, Sandnessjøen, Kristiansund, Rogaland, and Slagetangen in Tønsberg municipality.
