Europe to test seagoing fuel cell plant

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http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage5968.html

A Full-scale demonstrator of a marine power plant based on fuel cells is planned for 2008 by north European partners in the pan-industry FellowSHIP research project.

Major economic, as well as environmental, benefits are claimed for the technology and the pilot application will be as a shipboard auxiliary.

Launched under the Eureka programme, FellowSHIP is a three-year endeavour which was tasked with developing and testing marine and offshore power solutions using molten carbonate fuel cells and solid oxide fuel cells.

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Integrated, hybrid systems suitable for both main and auxiliary power are a key objective of FellowSHIP, which has a budget of €18.75m ($23.8m) and a predominantly Nordic member contribution. Early results suggest that fuel cell technology lends itself to adoption by commercial shipping in the near future.

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