Fuel Cell Cruise Ship

This year Aidanova a cruise ship operated by Aida Cruises will be retrofitted with fuel cells.

Fuel cell cruise ship. A fuel cell runs on hydrogen obtained from methanol which also has the potential to be produced from renewable energies in the future. The ultimate goal is a completely zero-emission system that will enable the worlds first sustainable clean cruise ships. Vessel to be retrofitted by 2023 will combine a 32MW hydrogen fuel cell with battery storage.

In line with its vision for an emission-neutral cruising AIDA Cruises the German brand of Carnival Corporation is planning the first practical trial of fuel cells aboard an AIDA ship by 2021 the company said in its sustainability report released Monday. ABB will deliver what it calls the first fuel cell system to provide an energy source for a luxury cruise ship. Together with its global partners AIDA Cruises has been focusing for many years in.

Fuel cells generate DC power compatible with modern ship electric and hybrid architectures and may be deployed in parallel dispatchable configurations to meet variable power requirements of vessels. Fuel cell generate power though a chemical reaction. Some cruise ship ports already require zero-emission operation.

In 2018 AIDA Cruises commissioned AIDAnova the worlds first cruise ship that is entirely powered with low-emission LNG. When optimal power performance and long-term reliability are required fuel cells from Freudenberg fit the transportation bill. The fuel cell has been developed by Freudenberg Sealing Technologies as part of a research project backed by the German Government and it runs on hydrogen obtained from methanol.

Worlds first liquid hydrogen fuel cell cruise ship planned for Norways fjords. The fuel cell is to generate energy onboard the cruise ship. The integration of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell SOFC technology on a cruise ship is a world first.

As early as 2021 AIDA Cruises will trial this technology on AIDAnova becoming the cruise industrys first brand to trial fuel cells on a large cruise ship. Furthermore they operate with low noise and vibration. Cruise ship applications may be among the first marine uses of fuel cells.