{"id":12457,"date":"2024-06-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/?p=12457"},"modified":"2024-10-29T17:12:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T21:12:22","slug":"shyps-project-working-to-decarbonize-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/blog\/shyps-project-working-to-decarbonize-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"sHYpS Project Working to Decarbonize Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The shipping industry is facing one of the most demanding challenges ever: to find the way to achieve zero emission navigation. The time to achieve such goal is very short: the next big deadline imposed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)<\/a> is to reduce the total annual GHG emissions from international shipping by at least 50% by 2050. On top of this IMO requirement, the FuelEU Maritime initiative<\/a> adopted in 2023 set a gradual reduction target for GHG emissions of energy used on board by a ship arriving at, staying within, or departing from ports from 2% in 2025 to 80% in 2050. Hydrogen is one of few zero-emission solutions that is very promising, but the technology necessary to use it on board is not completely ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To address the tight application timelines and the technological gap, sHYpS is centered around the idea of a swappable storage system for the liquid hydrogen, based on new c-type ISO containers. This solution can enable a full zero emission ship platform in the needed time. sHYpS aims at supporting the decarbonisation of the shipping industry by developing a novel LH2 swappable storage solution, which can be adapted to multiple types of vessels and speed up the green transition. The sHYps project triggers the hydrogen supply-chain development, generating demand, while tackling safety and handling requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"sHYpS<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To this end, sHYpS will demonstrate the 1 Viking\u2019s newbuilds Ocean Cruise vessel with the storage system onboard and energy management system by 2026 with a limited power fuel cell. The 6MW PEM fuel cell will cut 50% of emissions in a 14 day fjord cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project was announced in 2022<\/a>, with 13 leading representatives<\/a> from different industries and 6 European countries with a budget of \u20ac14,295,314, funded by Horizon Europe<\/a> with Grant Agreement n\u00b0 101056940, coming together to develop the project goals and a framework to meet them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n