About the Project
ELIRE Group’s Hydrogen Floating Power Hub (HFPH) is a grid-independent, shore-adjacent solution, designed to help maritime industry decarbonise by mooring alongside vessels or at mid-stream locations and providing clean energy. The HFPH is capable of providing electrical services to multiple users, including cruise vessels, freight and passenger vessels and port work boats.
The Power Hub employs a safe, low-pressure hydrogen storage system to supply a compact, low-noise generation system that provides a continuous trickle charge to a substantial battery array. This battery array is designed to accommodate the short-term, high-capacity power demands of vessel consumers.
This project won funding through the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) Round 6 and is part of a suite of interventions launched by the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE). The CMDC is funded by Innovate UK and the Department for Transport.
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What is our role?
Through the Hydrogen Floating Power Hub project, our Future Energy Systems team will be supporting RUX Energy as they aim to develop a cryo-compression hydrogen storage system. This work will explore a novel approach to hydrogen storage by embedding cryo-compression functionality within the MOF-based (Metal-Organic Frameworks) tank itself, enabling a safe and high-density hydrogen storage medium.
