Electrifying baptism in Berlin
Did they also stand here in 1908 and christened the first electric push boat the Elektra? At least they do today. The Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, Volker Wissing, and Berlin’s Governing Mayor, Franziska Giffey, came to see the ship with the developers Prof. Dr. Holbach and the builder Dr. Corinna Barthel from the shipyard of the same name . Petra Cardinal, the managing director of the Berliner Hafenbetriebe Behala, had invited to the Berlin Westhafen.
North Van firm to launch Canada’s first hydrogen-powered marine vessel
Capilano Maritime Design has received a $178,000 grant from CleanBC Go Electric Advanced Research and Commercialization program to introduce the proof-of-concept in the form of a recreational harbour cruise boat.
Why burning hydrogen in an ICE is an awful idea and why electric boats wins…
It’s not difficult to modify an existing ICE – internal-combustion engine – to burn hydrogen instead of petrol or diesel, but it’s also not a smart thing to do. The appeal isn’t hard to understand. The ICE, as we all know, is an affordable technology that’s…
Decarbonisation and shipping: alternative fuels
As shipping pivots towards greener operations, and opportunities to increase ship efficiency decrease (as they inevitably must), a major issue the industry must get to grips with is fuel transition. Shipping is heavily reliant on fossil fuels, and the huge majority of ships globally are…
A Dutch First: Refueling Hydrogen at a Solar Island
Powering ships by hydrogen, refueled at seaworthy floating solar islands? If it is up to SolarDuck and Voyex, this will become a reality for the shipping sector. A prototype of such a solar-island will soon be on display on the Waal near IJzendoorn, a Dutch…
Kawasaki Heavy Industries builds the world’s 1st liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has completed Kobe LH2 Terminal (Hy touch Kobe), the world’s first liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal. The terminal was built for the CO2-free Hydrogen Energy Supply-chain Technology Research Association (HySTRA). Operation testing has started at the facility, which will be used for a…