Lyngby, 28 June 2010

Low emission at sea

The unit is installed on board the car-carrying ship “Undine”, where 24 fuel cell stacks produce electrical energy in a very clean and almost emission-free process. The unit operates on methanol with CO2 and water as the only by-products of the process.

Topsoe Fuel Cell has developed and supplied the fuel cell stacks for the 20 kW auxiliary power unit. The fuel cell stacks are based on the solid oxide fuel cell technology. Wärtsilä has been responsible for the system design of the unit in the framework of the METHAPU project.

“We are very pleased that the fuel cell unit is now part of the ship’s power supply. Fuel cells pose a very important opportunity for the development of more sustainable seafare,” says Business Development Manager Andreas Benedict Richter, who has worked with Wärtsilä on the project.

Power from land fill gas

Topsoe Fuel Celll and Wärtsilä co-operate in the development of SOFC-systems for clean and efficient power generation. At the New Energy plant in Vasa, Finland a unit is running on landfill gas, supplying electricity for the surrounding homes.

Topsoe Fuel Cell produces fuel cells, stacks and PowerCoresTM, all based on the solid oxide fuel cell technology (SOFC). It can be applied as the basis of a wide array of clean and efficient energy solutions for Auxiliary Power Units, Combined Heat and Power and Distributed Generation.

Contact

For more information, please contact
Andreas Richter, Business Development Manager
Tel. +45 4527 8469, cell +45 4191 8398, e-mail anbr@topsoe.dk
www.topsoefuelcell.dk