With increasing pressure to reduce maritime emissions, shipowners are seeking alternatives to diesel generators and marine fuels. Solid oxide fuel cells ("SOFC") deliver quiet, fuel-flexible, and efficient power ideal for modern vessels. This shift presents a major market opportunity as global fleets adopt cleaner technologies.
Global market
~3GW
installed fuel cell capacity potential
The marine market must move rapidly to meet the mandatory International Maritime Organisation (“IMO”) regulations which will come into force in 2027 to limit greenhouse gas emissions. By 2035, 17% of fuel used in ships will be liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) or methanol, representing an opportunity of ~3GW of installed fuel cell capacity.
Why Ceres?
Ceres solid oxide power solutions
- Can load follow and operate at high efficiency across a wide power range
- Have high power density and so don't require large amounts of deck space
- Have low emissions, with near zero NOx and SOx emissions
- Have high efficiency and low maintenance requirements for low total cost of ownership
- Are robust to marine vibration loads
- Can be integrated with on-board carbon capture solutions for near zero CO2 emissions or negative emissions if fuelled with bio-LNG or bio-methanol
Key stats
25%
lower greenhouse gas emissions compared
to internal combustion gas engines on ships
100%
reduction in PM2.5 particulate pollution
Case study
Doosan announces joint development with Hyundai Heavy Industries for an SOFC marine system
Doosan's SOFC stack, to be used in its marine 600kW system, has passed environmental testing by Det Norske Veritas (“DNV”) prior to its planned deployment onto a Shell-operated liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) carrier, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries ("KSOE").
