Fuel Cell Cruise Ship

This year Aidanova a cruise ship operated by Aida Cruises will be retrofitted with fuel cells.

Fuel cell cruise ship. AIDA Cruises takes further step in its Green Cruising strategy. Fuel cell powered cruise ship 1st part of long term plan The ship which should be ready for launch in 2021 is a first stage in the larger long term FreeCO 2 ast project which received funding from the Norwegian governments PILOT-E plan in 2018 to develop vessels with up to five times longer zero-emission voyages. 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.

The water that is produced by the fuel cell can be recovered if needed. Methanol as an energy carrier offers good properties in terms of storage volume. The AiP sets the stage to move to further testing and installation of the system on board the AIDAnova cruise ship.

Cruise ship applications may be among the first marine uses of fuel cells. The pilot installation on a Royal Caribbean International vessel includes control converter and transformer technology from ABB and will generate 100 kW of energy. Furthermore they operate with low noise and vibration.

Several tender ships to carry the fuel to the cruise ship are also part of the project according to the Norwegian Maritime Authority. In 2018 AIDA Cruises commissioned AIDAnova the worlds first cruise ship that is entirely powered with low-emission LNG. The report discusses 12 fuel cell projects involving shipping including FellowSHIP FCShip METAPHU Nemo H2 FELICITAS SF-BREEZE Pa-X-ell US SSFC MC-WAP ZemShips SchIBZ and RiverCell.

When optimal power performance and long-term reliability are required fuel cells from Freudenberg fit the transportation bill. Nedstack and GE have partnered to develop large-scale fuel cell power plants that will allow cruise ships to operate with no emissions using a hydrogen-fuel-cell-based system to power everything on a ship from turning the propellers to heating and cooling rooms to turning the lights on for nightly cabaret shows. In line with its vision for an emission-neutral cruising AIDA Cruises the German brand of Carnival Corporation is planning the first practical trial of fuel cells aboard an AIDA ship by 2021 the company said in its sustainability report released Monday.

And if renewable hydrogen is utilized fuel cells. Together with its global partners AIDA Cruises has been focusing for many years in. Published Nov 8 2017 755 PM by The Maritime Executive.