The project Zemships (Zero Emissions Ships) developed the FCS Alsterwasser, a 100 person hydrogen-power passenger ship, power-assisted by an electric motor that gets its electricity from a fuel cell. The first boatZemships operates on the Alster in Hamburg since 2008. The keel laying at the SSB shipyard in Oortkaten was on 4 December 2007.Keel laying
Refueling The hydrogen station will be a storage tank with 17,000 liters of hydrogen for refueling.Refueling Compression is done with an ionic liquid piston compressor. Zemships - Ionic liquid compression
Specifications Boat for 100 passengers, 25.56 m long, 5.2 m wide, electric motor 100 kW, a hydrogen storage tank 350 bars, with two 48 kW PEM fuel cells (140 V DC) and an integrated battery (7 x 80 V, 360 Ah).
See also Nemo H2 Hydrogen ship Clean Urban Transport for Europe Zero Regio Germanischer Lloyd guidelines for fuel cells on ships and boats
References
External links Zemships homepage Fuel Cell HY Zero Regio about Zemships