Challenge / Goal
The objectives of the Maritime Hydrogen Highway programme are:
- to test, model and develop smart, safe and economic solutions for:
- offshore hydrogen production
- transportation of hydrogen into urban and port areas
- autonomous vessel solutions to maximise efficiency
- to develop and demonstrate the safe and effective use of hydrogen as a source of energy in a constrained maritime site
- to produce scalable UK-wide solutions from lessons learnt in the project with appropriate frameworks to adopt clean fuels and smart technology to keep the UK ports and maritime sector competitive in a growing worldwide market
Solution
The project proposes to use surplus electricity from offshore wind farms to produce green hydrogen, which can be distributed by autonomous vessels to ports and cities along the Thames and other coastal areas. The project also involves designing and testing hydrogen-powered vessels and infrastructure, as well as assessing the economic, environmental and social impacts of the hydrogen highway .
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Log inTime period
Planning time
1 to 2 years
Implementation time
2 to 5 years
Implementers
Port of London Authority and OS Energy
Service providers
Port of London Authority, OS Energy, University of Strathclyde, University of Kent, Solutions from HSE, ORE Catapult, University of Birmingham and Newcastle Marine Services