HyDIME
Project: HyDIME (Hydrogen Diesel Injection in a Marine Environment)
Timescale: 2018 – 2021
Funder: Innovate UK
Funding: £430,332
Project overview:
HyDIME is focussed on the use of hydrogen as a fuel in marine transport and will see the design and integration of a hydrogen/diesel dual fuel conversion system on a commercial ferry operating between Kirkwall and Shapinsay. The project will also gain the necessary marine licences and regulatory approvals for hydrogen to be used as a fuel in a marine environment which will have a significant impact on future hydrogen marine projects across the rest of the UK.
Partners:
- Ferguson Marine (lead partner)
- EMEC
- HSSMI
- Lloyd’s Register
- Orkney Islands Council
- ULEMCo
EMEC’s role:
The project will use the hydrogen, produced by EMEC’s electrolyser, to power the auxiliary systems of the ferry.
Project news:
- Feb 2021: Orkney leading the way with hydrogen seafarer training
- December 2019: EMEC shortlisted for Scottish Green Energy Awards
- October 2018: Funding secured for UK’s first hydrogen injection system on a ferry
