The pilots aims at proving the feasibility of green-powered handling equipment/cranes in ports to use in the assembly/operations of offshore energy installations.
H2X-ECOSYSTEMS tested high power gensets (portable equipment consisting of an engine and an alternator/electric generator to provide energy) to enable green-powered handling equipment/cranes in assembly/operation of RE installations´ components in BrestPort. The Mobile H2 Generators were integrated to other renewable enegy sources in one standardized, smart and complex energy ecosystem hub based on hydrogen (with electrolyzers, batteries and solar panels), already proving the viability of the DIOL solution "Renewable Energy for Logistics Hubs equipment", a system that optimizes autonomy, high power and capacity, coupled with renewables & batteries.
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BrestPort also completed a study showing the possibility of adopting electricity, bio-LNG and hydrogen to fuel its equipment.
Electricity seems to be the preferred solution for cranes & logistic equipment. For vessels at berth, the use of OPS is feasible depending on the calls duration. Mobile solutions (H2 or LNG gensets) are being studied.
LNG: is a preferred option for OW vessels together with methanol. The study must be completed for trucks.
H2/LH2: for trucks and vessels H2 is not yet mature but it cannot be excluded. Studies will be pursued to reduce the cost of H2