The Yacht Club de Monaco addresses hydrogen innovation in the maritime industry
08 July 2024 - 7:00PM
Addressing hydrogen innovation in the maritime and yachting
industry. It is the goal of the annual Hydrogen Round
Table (5th edition this year) organised by the Prince
Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the
Monaco Energy Transition and YCM, that was held at the
Yacht Club de Monaco during the Energy Boat Challenge.
Among the protagonists of the day there’s SBM
Offshore. “At SBM Offshore we firmly believe that investing in the
spirit of the competition, considering the opportunities that we
create for the engineers of tomorrow, is fundamental to make a safe
energy transition happen. Hydrogen is one of the main technologies
that are on the table at this moment so we see it as part of the
equation. In this stance we’ve developed a pontoon that has been
producing hydrogen to refuel the boats this year. We also presented
a commercial solution we’re looking at in the realm of hydrogen,
specifically in the ammonia sector, being the terminals for the
ammonia offloading. Looking forward in the coming years we’ll be
also focusing on considering FPSOs for the production of ammonia”,
said Francesco Prazzo, managing director of SBM Offshore. Moving on
to the infrastructure, NatPower H
announced the finalization of the first hydrogen
refueling during the nautical event.
The refueling operation for green hydrogen took place in
the early hours of the morning at the port of Fontvieille (Monaco)
with support and technical and technological
know-how from Linde Gas. “We’re here because this event
is becoming a reference in the global hydrogen evolution market.
Also here are 3 boats, which are Madblue P-01, Inocel-Poseidon and
the Cambridge University Riviera Racing, that were here to show
their designs but in the morning, we refueled them with hydrogen in
agreement with the local port authority so they’re now all
available to test with hydrogen on board”, said Andrea Minerdo,
CEO, NatPower H. “One year ago, we decided to start this project
and it is the first infrastructure of hydrogen refueling station
for the pleasure yachting market”, he reminded. As hydrogen gains
more space, one of the many questions being asked is ‘Fuel cell or
ICE? What does the future hold?’. “Hydrogen is a topic to
decarbonize and it can have different types of applications. In the
marine sector, the big issue that we have is that we lack hydrogen
and today the infrastructure is not ready. That is the main thing
that is slowing down the market. The technology though is now
emerging and there are some very efficient solutions such as fuel
cells that are ready and very efficient for intensive usage and
also H2ICE engines as a solution to accelerate the ecosystem”,
added Jules Billiet, CEO, Inocel.
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