Hydrogen in an Integrated Maritime Energy Transition (HIMET)

“综合海洋能源转换中的氢”(HIMET)项目将展示海洋脱碳使能技术，包括四个解决方案的设计、开发和演示：1.氢气系统和未来用于弹性岸边电力的微电网架构，包括测试氢/太阳能混合系统，并在奥克尼部署这种混合系统；2.通过在英格兰东北部专用氢气测试设施的测试，在船舶推进发动机中燃烧氢；3.演示用于船上应用的海上储氢容器；以及4.氢燃料电池演示，展示了该技术为船只安全提供辅助电力的潜力。这一雄心勃勃的活动计划将侧重于奥克尼两个关键海事部门的脱碳：渡轮服务和邮轮码头运营。这些史无前例的演示将建立所需的证据基础，以实现更广泛的利用氢技术的海上脱碳。尽管我们的活动侧重于解决在奥克尼背景下看到的挑战，但我们的发现将适用于船只提供关键生命线服务的所有岛屿和沿海环境。在项目演示活动完成后，HIMET合作伙伴将寻求机会开发所演示系统的型式批准申请，以促进整个英国和其他地区的推广。这将为由英国技术开发人员和海事工程专家组成的HIMET综合团队创造市场机会。同时，我们还将开展研究和利益相关者参与活动，以确定这些部署如何最好地为奥克尼和其他地方更广泛的海洋能源过渡提供信息。我们将利用奥克尼和英格兰东北部的嵌入式能源系统和海事创新专业知识，这两个地区都被确定为这些行业的卓越研发中心。来自英国各地的领先技术开发人员将把他们的创新系统和解决方案带到奥克尼，在我们的“活实验室”进行测试，这一联合工作计划将基于奥克尼作为研究、开发和展示未来海事技术和工作实践的理想地点的地位，进一步加强我们的财团。

The 'Hydrogen in an Integrated Maritime Energy Transition' (HIMET) project will demonstrate maritime decarbonisation enabling technologies, encompassing the design, development, and demonstration of four solutions:1.Hydrogen systems and future micro-grid architectures for resilient shore-side power, including testing of a hybrid hydrogen/solar system and deployment of this hybrid system on Orkney;2.Combustion of hydrogen in a marine propulsion engine, through testing at a dedicated hydrogen test facility in the north east of England;3.Demonstration of a marinised hydrogen storage container, for the application on board a vessel; and4. Hydrogen fuel cell demonstration, showing the potential of the technology to safely supply auxiliary power for a vessel.This ambitious programme of activities will focus on the decarbonisation of two key maritime sectors in Orkney: ferry service and cruise terminal operations. These first-of-a-kind demonstrations will build the evidence base needed to enable broader maritime decarbonisation using hydrogen technologies. Although our activities focus on addressing challenges seen in the Orkney context, our findings will be applicable to all island and coastal environments where vessels provide vital lifeline services.After project demonstration activities are complete, HIMET partners will pursue opportunities to develop applications for type approval of the systems demonstrated, in order to facilitate uptake across the UK, and beyond. This will create market opportunities for the integrated HIMET team of UK technology developers and maritime engineering experts.In parallel, we will also carry out research and stakeholder engagement activities to establish how these deployments can best inform the broader maritime energy transition in Orkney and elsewhere. We will draw upon embedded energy system and maritime innovation expertise in Orkney and in the north east of England, both areas identified as centres of excellence in research and development for these sectors. Our consortium is further strengthened by the involvement of leading technology developers from all across the United Kingdom, who will bring their innovative systems and solutions to Orkney for testing in our "living laboratory".This combined work programme will build on Orkney's position as an ideal location to research, develop and demonstrate the maritime technologies and working practices of the future.