After months of preparation, Blue World Applied sciences is proud to grunt the a hit making an are attempting out of the enviornment’s first 200 kW excessive-temperature PEM gas cell module. The check modified into done at the newly established check facilities in connection to the Blue Aalborg Factory, where the gas cells for the gadget are produced. The initial making an are attempting out has been done with gargantuan outcomes, which has exceeded performance expectations
With an electrical effectivity of up to 55% when reaching a commercial stage, the gas cell gadget will most frequently present a gas saving of 20-30% which permits a price-ambiance pleasant employ of green fuels. Additionally, the gas cell gadget permits for up to 100% carbon capture for both utilisation in green gas manufacturing and storage.
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“That is a critical step forward within maritime decarbonisation, and with the check of our 200-kW gadget, we are proving that the HT PEM gas cell technology has the aptitude to be idea to be one of primarily the most important technologies for decarbonising the exhausting-to-abate sectors. All the strategy in which in the course of the check interval, we successfully validated our gadget setup with the methanol gas processor, the series connection of the gas cell stacks, moreover to the steadiness of plant system surrounding the gas cells”, Dennis Naldal Jensen, Chief Expertise Officer at Blue World Applied sciences, explains.
The first pilot gadget is a 1 MW gadget for onboard power manufacturing. The gadget will almost definitely be installed on idea to be one of A.P. Moller – Maersk’s gargantuan dual gas-enabled methanol vessels and the installation on board is anticipated for the interval of H1 2026.
“Having worked with gas cell technology for more than twenty years, it’s superb for us to keep this stage of the technology constructing, where we, with these gargantuan programs, can present a grand substitute to an industry that is heavily dependent on fossil-primarily based technologies”, says Anders Korsgaard, Co-founder and Chief Govt Officer at Blue World Applied sciences and continues: “Maersk is the worldwide frontrunner by system of maritime decarbonisation, and we are very fully satisfied with the collaboration on the first 1 MW pilot and we are very indispensable taking a depend upon getting the gadget out sailing”.
The present for the pilot gadget modified into adopted by a mission funding by Maersk Enhance – the mission arm of A.P. Moller – Maersk – where they, at the discontinuance of 2023, participated in an 11 million EUR pre-C-round alongside The Export and Funding Fund of Denmark (EIFO), Cycle Team, and other fresh and present shareholders. With the gargantuan capability of the HT PEM gas cell technology, they are intently following the constructing and making an are attempting out of the gadget.
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As an investor in Blue World Applied sciences, we are fully satisfied to put collectively the progress of the gadget constructing, and we share the group’s excitement for the a hit making an are attempting out of the 200-kW gas cell gadget. The maritime industry needs multiple fresh technologies and pathways to keep its safe-zero targets, and excessive-temperature PEM gas cell technology is amazingly promising to in discovering a steadiness between excessive electrical effectivity, size, and load adjustment. That is a gargantuan example of how we can toughen innovation through both funding and partnership”, explains Alex Smout, Funding Director at Maersk Enhance.
Blue World will originally present programs for auxiliary power and expects that its maritime gadget will attain a commercial level in 2027. Eventually, the firm will proceed to present multi-megawatt propulsion programs for global transport, which is where the gas cell technology will present primarily the most inviting impact on both the ambiance and local weather.
