地中海航运集团旗下地中海邮轮宣布将与意大利芬坎蒂尼造船厂（Fincantieri）及欧洲天然气和能源基础设施运营商 Snam公司共同合作，建造一艘氢动力远洋邮轮，该邮轮可能成为世界首艘氢动力远洋邮轮。三家公司表示，绿色氢具有巨大的潜力，无论是使用纯氢气还是用氢衍生燃料，都将推动邮轮业及整个航运业的脱碳运营。
地中海邮轮执行主席皮尔弗朗西斯科·瓦戈（Pierfrancesco Vago）表示：“当前，氢燃料的生产水平仍然很低，远未大规模供应。” “通过这个项目，我们将率先将这项有前途的技术引入我们的船队及整个航运业，同时向市场印证我们对环境保护的坚定承诺。随着项目的进展，我们将推动氢燃料运用过程中相关海事技术的发展，刺激能源供应商进一步增加产能，同时引起政府和公共部门的关注，为氢燃料的开发提供必要支持，这对航运及邮轮业都具有至关重要的作用。”
三家公司计划在接下来的12个月内，研究建造远洋氢动力邮轮相关的关键因素，包括设计适用于搭载氢燃料电池的船舶空间、船舶系统技术参数设计、潜在的温室气体减排数据计算，以及氢燃料供应和基础设施的技术经济分析等。目的是引起人们对在航运中使用氢燃料以实现脱碳的关注，并吸引公共和私人投资以扩大其规模。
“在占全球二氧化碳排放约3%的航运业以及其他碳排放重点行业中，氢燃料的使用是实现零排放目标的关键推动因素，”Snam公司首席执行官马可·阿尔维拉（Marco Alverà）表示，“我们三方的合作为未来更广泛的战略合作奠定了基础，我们将充分利用Snam公司在绿色气体和能源效率领域的专业技术及经验，助力包括港口和物流在内的重要经济体——航运产业迈向脱碳运营。”
最初，三家公司计划开展一项研究，评估设计和建造世界上第一艘氢动力远洋邮轮的可行性以及相关的加氢基础设施的发展情况。
地中海邮轮致力于到2050年实现“净碳中和”运营。为实现这一目标，该公司正在与众多造船厂、供应商、制造商和相关组织机构合作，并投资了多项新技术和解决方案。
除了目前正在建造的第一艘以液化天然气为燃料的邮轮外，地中海邮轮今年年初还宣布参与另一个氢燃料项目。该项目受欧盟地平线H2020计划的资助，计划在邮轮上对氢动力船舶发动机进行测试。
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Fincantieri, MSC, and Snam to Develop Hydrogen-Powered Cruise Ship
PUBLISHED JUL 26, 2021 4:59 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE
Fincantieri is joining with one of its customers, the cruise division of MSC Group, and European gas and energy infrastructure company Snam to explore the potential for possibly the world’s first hydrogen-powered cruise ship. The companies said that they believe green hydrogen holds great potential to contribute to the decarbonization of the shipping industry, including cruising, whether in its pure form or as a hydrogen-derived fuel and they would seek to define the steps required for the adoption of the fuel.
“Today production levels remain low and hydrogen fuel is still far from being available at scale,” said Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman of the Cruise Division of MSC Group. “With this project, we’re taking the lead to bring this promising technology to our fleet and the industry while sending the strongest possible signal to the market about how seriously we take our environmental commitments. As we advance with the development of the maritime technology required, we will also see that energy providers take note and ramp up production to unlock this and that governments and the public sector step in to provide the necessary support.”
During the next 12 months, the three companies will study key factors related to the development of ocean-going hydrogen-powered cruise ships. This includes arranging ship spaces to accommodate H2 technologies and fuel cells, technical parameters of onboard systems, calculating the potential greenhouse gas emissions savings, and a technical and economic analysis of hydrogen supply and infrastructure. The aim is to bring attention to the need for the take up of hydrogen fuel in shipping to achieve decarbonization and attract public and private investments to make this possible at scale.
“Hydrogen could be a key enabler in achieving the target of net-zero emissions in shipping, accounting for approximately 3 percent of global CO2 emissions, as well as in all the hard to abate sectors,” said Marco Alverà, Snam’s CEO. “This agreement is part of a wider strategy to leverage on our experience, competencies, and technologies in green gases and energy efficiency in order to contribute to the full decarbonization of the shipping value chain, including ports and logistics, which will be increasingly crucial in our economies.”
Initially, the companies plan to carry out a study that will assess the feasibility of designing and building the world’s first ocean-going cruise ship powered by hydrogen. They also plan to explore the development of the related hydrogen bunkering infrastructure.
The Cruise Division of MSC Group said that as a company it is committed to achieving net carbon neutral operations by 2050. To accomplish this objective, the company is working in partnership with a wide range of shipyards, suppliers, manufacturers, and other organizations as well as investing in different upcoming technologies and solutions for its fleet.
In addition to having its first LNG-fueled cruise ship now under construction, MSC at the beginning of this year announced its participation in another hydrogen fuel project. The program, which is receiving funding from the EU Horizon 2020 program to accelerate innovation, including tests on a hydrogen-powered ship engine on a cruise ship.
消息来源：THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE
发表于 2021-7-30 15:31:36
