In Sweden, PowerCell Group said that, together with its partners e1 Marine, Maritime Partners and RIX Industries, it successfully completed a string test of the company’s respective technologies, simulating a 200 kW propulsion chain for methanol to hydrogen power.
As part of the test, the partners took methanol as a fuel and converted it to hydrogen before using the hydrogen in a fuel cell to generate power cleanly and efficiently – testing the system that will be present on the M/V Hydrogen One, the world’s first methanol-fueled towboat.
“The successful completion of these tests gives future ship owners, integrators and methanol suppliers the confidence they need in this powerful combination of technologies. Fuel cells are some of the most efficient ways to extract energy from fuel, and we are deploying them at a scale never seen before. This can be seen in our project with Torghatten Nord, where we will supply 12,8 MW fuel cells on Norway’s longest ferry route – the largest maritime project to date,” said Richard Berkling, CEO of PowerCell Group.
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