Genevos introduces a high-power solution for a clean sea

This high-power solution has been developed in response to the increasing availability of green hydrogen, significant advances in emissions regulations, and environmental pressure on buildings to reduce underwater noise to protect marine life.

The AiP certification from BV confirms that Genevos is on track to achieve type approval in 2025 for the 250 kW power system, enabling customers to benefit from a fully integrated and validated marine certified system: a plug-and- play, which is safe and easy for integrators and OEMs to use. This modular drop-in solution provides high scalability and redundancy, while operating without vibration, reducing maintenance requirements and compliant with zero emission regulations.

The energy-intensive and long operating times at sea required by cargo ships, offshore workboats and coastal ferries significantly impact the maritime sector’s footprint. As a confirmed supplier to several flagship projects, including offshore service vessels, high-speed passenger vessels and fishing vessels, Genevos is playing a key role in demonstrating how marine fuel cells can significantly reduce the impact of commercial activities in the maritime sector.

Hydrogen has been identified as a key fuel for the decarbonization of commercial ships, which can benefit from long-range, long-range energy storage capabilities while avoiding weight penalties and the resulting impact on performance and energy efficiency.

With a number of new large-scale green hydrogen production projects underway, the availability of this sustainable fuel is expected to increase dramatically from 2025, providing access in particular around ports where hydrogen and e-hydrogen will be produced, exported or imported. -hydrogen-based fuels.

The HPM-250 directly addresses fleet requirements for emission reduction and high reliability, offering a modular, scalable solution for ships. For longer-range deepwater applications, the power module is compatible with methanol and other e-fuel reformers that can produce purified hydrogen gas while offering power conversion with higher efficiency than combustion, thus reducing operating costs in addition to the environmental benefits of emission reduction, vibration and underwater noise.

Phil Sharp, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Genevos, commented: “Bringing the next generation of high-power fuel cells to market is key to our development plan to make clean hydrogen propulsion available for commercial and recreational vessels. This follows the successful delivery of our 40 kW and 80 kW Fuel Cell Power Module vehicles, which will soon enter service on recently launched ships.

“Achieving AiP ensures we are on track to achieve a fully certified product for use on energy-intensive hydrogen ships, accelerating the next wave of high-power, zero-emission ships to reduce the significant environmental impact of the maritime sector.”