A Consortium of Leading Players in The Hydrogen Field has been Awarded for a Hydrogen Project in Norway
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The Hellesylt Hydrogen Hub, a consortium of leading players in the hydrogen field, has been awarded NOK 37.6 million under the PILOT-E funding scheme for the development of a hydrogen production facility that can deliver hydrogen to ferries and cruise ships in the Geirangerfjord, as well as to other mobility applications. The ambition is to achieve zero-emission operations in the Geirangerfjord, one of two World Heritage Fjords in Norway, by producing green hydrogen locally.
The consortium is headed by Flakk Gruppen with Hexagon Composites (hydrogen storage supplier), Hyon (hydrogen solutions integrator), TAFJORD (hydropower supplier), Fiskerstrand (ship design and yard), Gexcon (safety and risk management services), SINTEF (research institute) and the local municipality of Stranda as key partners.
“We are very happy and thankful to be part of the Hellesylt Hydrogen Hub and received the PILOT-E funding scheme. We are looking forward to working together with our partners to develop a green hydrogen solution for the Geirangerfjord,” said Geirmund Vislie, the Vice President Hydrogen Safety, Gexcon AS. “Gexcon’s role in the project will be focused on two areas. Firstly, we will perform safety analyses and oversee process safety in the overall design. Secondly, the technology which exists to transfer pressurized hydrogen from storage to fuel tanks in vehicles must be scaled to cater to the fuel transfer rates required for ships. This involves experimental work to qualify the safety aspects of the scaled-up technical solutions. The experimental campaign will be carried out at Gexcon’s test site at Sotra.”
The project will start its activities in January 2020 and aims to deliver green hydrogen latest by 2023. The hydrogen will be produced by renewable surplus hydropower at Hellesylt, powering hydrogen fuel cell ferries operating the route Hellesylt – Geiranger. This contribution could reduce the CO2 emissions in the Geirangerfjord with 2,370 tons per year.
