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ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Liquid hydrogen to decarbonize maritime transport in Norway.

Alternative title: Liquid hydrogen to decarbonize maritime transport in Norway.

Awarded: NOK 16.3 mill.

Project Number:

310032

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Project Period:

2020 - 2022

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The project partners have developed a liquid hydrogen value chain for maritime end users. Liquid hydrogen can be a cost-competitive zero-emission fuel when produced in large quantities and offered in an efficient logistics chain including safe, robust bunker operation. The overall idea is to build a full-scale national hydrogen infrastructure to ensure a reliable supply chain for liquid hydrogen. Hydrogen is considered the best means of enabling decarbonising ships operating in / to / from Norway, as it is a zero-emission fuel that can provide significant autonomy in the ship. The complete value chain from production to delivery of liquide hydrogen on board is the most important innovation, and the first of its kind in Europe. Significant development work has been carried out in the project in all parts of the value chain in order to be able to supply liquid hydrogen in 2025. The following topics are primary innovative elements developed in the project: A complete LH2 value chain for maritime use, which makes locally liquid hydrogen available for distribution to an end-user market developed through innovation and business development. Opportunities have been identified for the utilization of by-products from the hydrogen value chain in the form of waste heat and oxygen. An adapted multimodal (road and sea-based) transport system based on zero-emission seaborne cargo ships. Robust, efficient and safe bunker station concepts have been developed that apply to several ship types, based on the ferry as a pilot. Furthermore, research has been conducted on public acceptance, social, security and regulatory barriers, for professional and controlled stakeholder communication.

Prosjektet har modnet følgende frem klart til å gjennomføre en investeringsbeslutning: En verdikjede for flytende hydrogen som kan genererer nye arbeidsplasser og verdiskaping for underleverandører og skatteinntekter for samfunnet. En hydrogeninfrastruktur som er en forutsetning for ved å bruke hydrogen som energibærer i skiftet til lavkarbon samfunn. Tilgang på hydrogen fra vedrikjeden kan øke bruken av hydrogen i nærskipsfarten og støtte norsk maritim sektors internasjonale omdømme og vår posisjon for å utvikle nye grønne maritime løsninger. Etablering en høyfrekvent, ikke-utslippsfri fraktrute mellom oljebasene kan flytte oljerelatert og annet gods fra land til sjø, redusere veitrafikken. Hele forsyningskjeden kan bli optimalisert for energieffektivisering og utnyttelse av biprodukter og synergier, som resulterer i reduserte klimagassutslipp. Det er utviklet et nullutslipp distribusjonsfartøy (Topeka) som kan sikre grønn transport til hydrogenterminaler.

The overall idea is to build a full-scale national hydrogen infrastructure in order to secure a reliable supply chain of liquid hydrogen (LH2) to maritime applications. The value chain is illustrated below. The development will be done by companies throughout the supply chain, with the aim to provide the lowest possible hydrogen price delivered to end users (primarily ships). Hydrogen is considered the best means to enable decarbonizing ships operating in/to/from Norway as it is a zero-emission fuel which may allow significant autonomy in the ship. Weight, space and volume onboard are intrinsic design elements in terms of expected revenue from passengers and cargo as well as the energy required for ship propulsion. When aiming to introduce a new fuel these elements have been considered in depth by Norled in the process of selecting LH2 for the Hjelmeland ferry under construction, as well as for the high-speed passenger ferry under development (ongoing Pilot-E project, ZEFF). Compressed hydrogen when compared with LH2 requires more space onboard (factor of 4 for available technology) and have longer bunkering time (factor of 6-8). The key elements to reduce the production cost are to plan for large volumes. Produced on a strategic location with access to lowest possible electricity prices, use of bi-products from electrolysis, reliable and efficient zero emission sea-born distribution and a new flexible concept for hydrogen terminals for distribution, storage and bunkering. Through ongoing projects in the partnership, it is claimed that ship technology is ready for hydrogen as fuel, but the value chain to provide this fuel is missing. This project has an ambition to build and operate a large-scale value chain with a high daily capacity to aggregate customer needs and to identify the optimal size to match LH2 customer needs. The initial end-user requirements from the project partners (Norled, Wilhelmsen and others), is estimated to app. 6 tons per day.

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ENERGIX-Stort program energi