Environmental-economic sustainability of hydrogen and ammonia fuels for short sea shipping operations

Panagiotis Karvounis; Gerasimos Theotokatos; Evangelos Boulougouris

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.01.058

Environmental-economic sustainability of hydrogen and ammonia fuels for short sea shipping operations

Panagiotis Karvounis^*, Gerasimos Theotokatos, Evangelos Boulougouris

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Naval Architecture, Ocean And Marine Engineering

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Abstract

Alternative fuels of low or zero carbon content can decarbonise the shipping operations. This study aims at assessing the lifetime environmental-economic sustainability of ammonia and hydrogen, as alternatives to diesel fuel for short sea shipping cargo vessels. A model is employed to calculate key performance indicators representing the lifetime financial sustainability and environmental footprint of the case ship using a realistic operating profile and considering several scenarios with different diesel substitution rates. Scenarios meeting the carbon emissions reduction targets set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for 2030 are identified, whereas policy measures for their implementation including the emissions taxation are discussed. The derived results demonstrate that the future implementation of carbon emissions taxation in the ranges of 136–965 €/t for hydrogen and 356–2647 €/t for ammonia can support these fuels financial sustainability in shipping. This study provides insights for adopting zero-carbon fuels, and as such impacts the de-risking of shipping decarbonisation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1070-1080
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	57
Early online date	14 Jan 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.01.058
Publication status	Published - 29 Feb 2024

Funding

The study was carried out in the framework of the projects “Carnot Marine Vessel APUs - Feasibility Study” (No. 10008878) and “DOUBLE EFFICIENT PILOT FUEL FREE CERAMIC HYDROGEN COMBUSTION ENGINE TECHNOLOGY FOR MARINE APPLICATIONS” (No. 100471177), which were funded by the Innovate UK. The authors also greatly acknowledge the funding from DNV AS and RCCL for the MSRC establishment and operation. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and should not be construed to reflect the views of Innovate UK, DNV AS, RCCL.

Keywords

ammonia
hydrogen
lifetime economic-environmental sustainability
policy measures
emission taxation
short sea shipping
maritime industry

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Double efficient pilot fuel free ceramic hydrogen combustion engine technology for marine applications
Theotokatos, G. (Principal Investigator) & Boulougouris, E. (Co-investigator)
Innovate UK
1/01/23 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
Carnot Marine Vessel APUs - Feasibility Study
Theotokatos, G. (Principal Investigator), Boulougouris, E. (Co-investigator) & Lazakis, I. (Co-investigator)
Innovate UK
1/09/21 → 31/03/22
Project: Research

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Double efficient pilot fuel free ceramic hydrogen combustion engine technology for marine applications

Carnot Marine Vessel APUs - Feasibility Study

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