Norway’s TECO 2030 has received an approval in principe (AIP) from DNV for a containerised fuel cell power generator (FCPG) for use onboard oceangoing applications.
The power generator system can seamlessly integrate with a ship’s main switchboard, offering power generation while emitting nothing but warm water and air.
Tore Enger, TECO 2030’s CEO, said the power generator can be used onboard for both propulsion and auxiliary power.
“This solution can of course be combined in series to facilitate multimegawatt installations and power requirements, without releasing any harmful emissions” Enger said.
TECO 2030 is building up Europe’s first Giga production facility of hydrogen PEM fuel cell stacks and modules in Narvik, Norway. The production capacity will be built up through 2024 and 2025, targeting an output capacity of up to 200 MW of fuel cells in 2025, increasing to 3.2 GW in 2030.
Splash reported last month on another Scandinavian containerised power innovation called Hyflex.
Project partners Port of Gothenburg, Skanska, PowerCell Group, Hitachi Energy, Linde Gas, Volvo Group and Skagerak Energy have conducted a joint field test to demonstrate the product. Hyflex (pictured below) uses a 100kW hydrogen fuel cell from PowerCell in combination with batteries to generate power independently of the grid without emitting greenhouse gases when using green hydrogen.
