NORWAY MARITIME HYDROGEN INITIATIVE PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES OF GREEN PROPULSION AT SEA
April 1st, 2021
Two cargo vessels in Norway are being built to pioneer the use of hydrogen fuel cells to power engines as the international shipping industry starts to take measures to reduce its carbon footprint.
A consortium in southwest Norway is tapping a combination of European Union (EU) and government funds to design and build two vessels in what has been given the concept name of the Topeka project. The vessels will be identical and will run on a 1,000-kilowatt-hour battery and feature a specialised hydrogen fuel cell, which means the vessel would have net zero ...
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