HyDIME

Project: HyDIME (Hydrogen Diesel Injection in a Marine Environment)

Timescale: 2018 – 2020

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)
• ULEMCo
• Lloyd’s Register
• HSSMI
• Orkney Islands Council

EMEC’s role: The project will use the hydrogen produced by EMEC on the ferry which will power the auxiliary systems of the vessel

Project website: www.hydime.co.uk

Project Twitter: @HyDIME

Project news:

• December 2019: EMEC Shortlisted for Scottish Green Energy Awards
• October 2018: Funding Secured for UK’s First Hydrogen Ferry