Hydrogenious LOHC Maritime joins the cluster
Hydrogenious LOHC Maritime is on a mission to create complete hydrogen-based power systems for ships. Ocean Hyway Cluster is happy to announce that they have joined the cluster.
Hydrogenious LOHC Maritime at Nor-Shipping in June 2023. From the left: Niclas Moen, Thorbjørn Hareide, Daniel Meyer, Øystein Skår
Hydrogenious LOHC Maritime AS started in 2021 as a joint venture between Norwegian ship owner Østensjø Rederi and the German company Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies GmbH. Currently, they employ four people in Norway and twenty people in Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies in Germany are working on research & development for Hydrogenious LOHC Maritime AS.
Hydrogenious LOHC Maritime’ mission is to create complete hydrogen-based Power Systems for ships. The system consists of a LOHC release unit that through an endothermic reaction will release hydrogen from LOHC oil and provide it to a fuel cell that generates electricity available for the ship.
We had a little chat with Thorbjørn Hareide, Business Development Manager at Hydrogenious LOHC Maritime.
What is your primary focus?
Our focus now is to provide a complete hydrogen power system with release unit and fuel cell to the maritime industry. Østensjø Rederi and its affiliated company Edda Wind has already taken delivery of 2 LOHC ready ships and 10 more under construction. Our primary goal is to build 1MW power systems to fit onboard all these vessels. Further to that we work to inform the market and legislators of the big advantages of the LOHC technology, says Thorbjørn Hareide.
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Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) is a proven technology and this oil, when loaded with hydrogen, can be handled and stored similar to diesel/MGO. This facilitates the possibility of using already existing diesel oil infrastructure to both carry and store the LOHC. In other words, with LOHC as a fuel there is limited need to invest or build new infrastructure to reach Zero Carbon solution for shipping.
Why did you join the cluster?
We joined OHC to be part of a leading cluster that promotes hydrogen in Norway. To us, OHC is a key enabler connecting different solution providers to decarbonise the maritime industry. We believe that only through collaboration can we reach Zero emission shipping, Hareide ends with.
First of its kind
In March, the three hydrogen players Alma Clean Power, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies and Hydrogenious LOHC Maritime announced a joint development agreement to develop the first of its kind LOHC-SOFC system for maritime use. Together, they will engineer a fully integrated LOHC-SOFC power system for the Enova supported project HyNjord, focussing on a 100-kilowatt pilot power system to be demonstrated on-board the Østensjø Rederi operated offshore supply vessel Edda Ferd.
The innovation combines hydrogen release from the LOHC with direct conversion into power by an adjacent SOFC unit to the benefit of high efficiency. The key to this lies in using the SOFC device’s excess heat to meet the LOHC release unit’s heat demand.
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