- Piriou has developed a crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the offshore wind industry that has a hydrogen hybrid propulsion system.
- The hybrid propulsion system is intended to reduce emissions during operation.
Piriou, in France, has developed a crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the offshore wind industry that has a hydrogen hybrid propulsion system, reads the company press release.
Offshore wind innovation challenge
Piriou was one of three winners responding to a call for notification of interest in an offshore wind innovation challenge managed by wpd and the Brittany maritime cluster, Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique.
Crew transfer vessel
The company said the hybrid CTV was designed based on its experience in crew transfer vessels for the offshore oil and gas market and its experience designing and constructing 27-m and 22-m CTVs for the offshore wind market.
The hydrogen hybrid CTV is designed to transfer 24 people. It has a length overall of 27 m and breadth overall of 9.7 m. It has a maximum speed of 25 knots and can carry 5 tonnes of cargo.
The vessel is equipped with two 1,000-kW main engines and two 140-kW fuel cells. The hydrogen for the fuel cells is stored in a 20-ft container.
GHG emissions reduction
This project is part of the plan aiming at reducing greenhouse gas emissions required by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and our shipowner customers.
Vincent Faujour, PIRIOU Group CEO says: “We deeply thank WPD and the Maritime cluster for awarding this prize and commend the relevance of the project and the quality of the work done by the PIRIOU design office teams.”
“This award allows us to benefit from the support and experience of WPD – major player of offshore wind- to complete our project up to commercialisation,” he added.
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Source: Piriou
