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Hvide Sande, Denmark, is creating a synergy of green energy by utilizing natures resources to create sustainable resources for households and businesses.
We made a video about the pilots #hydrogen, #heat, #wave and #solar to illustrate how the port is frontrunner in creating #greenenergy.

Our video was submitted to the North Sea Video Contest 2020. A the North Sea Conference, our video was announced as runner-up as presentation for the DUAL Ports project. We are very proud and glad, and we hope that you will enjoy the video as well.

The focus of this event is the topic of sustainability in ports and the innovations required for this. Sustainability strategies of ports in the Lower Saxony, Bremen and North Holland and various best practice examples will be presented. 

The event is organized as part of the Competence Center GreenShipping Lower Saxony project by MCN e.V. and MARIKO GmbH and GreenShipping Niedersachsen.

Registration for participation is free but limited.  You can register for the event here: https://greenshipping-niedersachsen.de/News-Events/Veranstaltungen/GreenPorts-Nachhaltigkeit-in-unseren-Hafen

As part of the EU project Dual Ports, the Port of Skagen is testing an environmentally improved asphalt of 7,300m2 on Vestre Strandvej in Skagen, Denmark.

The new asphalt to be tested is NCC Green Asphalt, which is partly produced from recycled asphalt. In addition, a new production method is used which enables a lower production temperature.

The result will be a savings of CO2 emissions of 8,524 tones, corresponding to a reduction of 25%.

After laying the new asphalt, coating is sprinkled with AirClean® concrete granulate. This makes Vestre Strandvej an active Nitric Oxide (NOx) reducing surface. NOx is also called a nitrogen filter and it is gases formed by the combustion of petrol and diesel in cars and ships.

NOx consists of both NO and NO2. The gas NO2 is harmful to human health.

The active concrete granulate is specially modified with titanium dioxide (TiO2), which acts as a catalyst together with sunlight. In this catalytic process, passing NOx particles are converted to harmless Nitrate (NO3-), which is washed away by rain.

Preliminary tests in Germany and China estimate a NOx reduction of between 15-25%. This means that the new pavement on Vestre Strandvej will have the same air purifying effect as 70,000 m2 of forest.

The work is carried out in collaboration with NCC Industry A / S. The asphalt work is scheduled for execution in week 39 + 40. Traffic diversion must be expected at times.

Contact for further info: Business developer at the Port of Skagen, Jesper K. Rulffs on telephone +45 24 29 43 91 or mail jkr@skagenhavn.dk.

Surface pilot in Oostende, Belgium

DUAL Ports partner, the Port of Oostende, has also initiated a Surface pilot and will realise their pilot in November 2020. The Port of Skagen and the Port of Oostende has been cooperation on the work of the surface pilot, sharing knowledge and experiences. Together, they will are investigating the possibility to develop an assessment tool to follow up on the Surface pilots in Oostende and Skagen.

DUAL Ports will join the North Sea Conference, which will be held online this year. The conference is scheduled for the 10th of November 2020.

The North Sea Conference is hosted by the North Sea Commission and the North Sea Programme. The event will replace the Conference which was originally planned to take place in Rotterdam.

We are pleased to announce that the North Sea Conference 2020 hosted by the North Sea Commission and the North Sea Region Programme will take place online on 10 November. The event will replace the Conference which was originally planned to take place in Rotterdam in June.

In what has turned out to be quite a disrupted year, the event will provide an important opportunity for stakeholders to get up to speed with the latest developments including:

• The key outcomes of the public consultation and where the North Sea Programme 2021-2027 is heading: A follow-up consultation with the programmes main stakeholders will take place during the event based upon the findings of the public consultation.  Depending on the timing participants may also have a chance to reflect on a first version of the operational programme.

• The North Sea Commission’s North Sea Region 2030 Strategy: The new strategy will be adopted by the North Sea Commission’s Annual Business Meeting on the 6 November and will replace the current one which stretches to the year 2020. The conference will provide the perfect opportunity for participants to learn more about the upcoming focus areas and top priorities outlined in the strategy.

The event will last approximately three hours.

The North Sea Programme will update its website regularly with new information: https://northsearegion.eu/about-the-programme/programme-news/save-the-date-online-north-sea-conference-2020/

A course developed in Orkney to prepare local seafarers for working on and alongside hydrogen powered vessels has been approved by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).

The approval represents a significant milestone in the Innovate UK funded HyDIME (Hydrogen Diesel Injection in a Marine Environment) project.

The HyDIME project is focused on demonstrating the use of hydrogen as a fuel in marine transport and will see the integration and trial of hydrogen/diesel injection technology on board the MV Shapinsay to power the auxiliary units of the vessel.

The course was developed by Orkney College UHI’s Maritime Studies department, based at the ‘Nav School’ in Stromness and covers such subjects as the specific characteristics of hydrogen and the design and use of the safety features required for storage, transport and consumption of the fuel.

The course, which follows on from an earlier training programme focused solely on handling of hydrogen, will be jointly delivered by both Orkney College and Orkney Ferries staff, providing a credible mix of theoretical and industry input for the best possible outcome.

The transition to zero-emission shipping is part of the UK Government’s Clean Maritime Plan.  Work undertaken through the HyDIME project to gain the necessary marine licences and regulatory approvals for hydrogen to be used as a fuel in a marine environment supports this, helping to pave the way for future marine hydrogen projects across the rest of the UK.

Green hydrogen is produced using renewable electricity via electrolysis of water (H2O), splitting water into its component parts of Hydrogen (H2) and Oxygen (O2).

The hydrogen can then be used as a fuel for various end uses, helping to decarbonise across heat, power and transport.

Working with a wide variety of partners from the rest of Scotland, UK and Europe, Orkney is playing a pivotal role in the demonstration of green hydrogen technologies through a variety of projects including Surf N Turf and BigHIT, which will help in meeting carbon reduction targets and supporting the further development of renewable energy technologies.

Councillor Graham Sinclair is Chair of the Council’s Development and Infrastructure Committee. He said: “Once again, we see Orkney punching above its weight at the cutting edge of renewables. This latest development means that we now have the resources and expertise here in Orkney, not only to deliver the crews, vessels and local project management but also high-quality certificated training.

“It is significant that this training will potentially be rolled out nationally, based on the projects being developed right here.

“I congratulate our staff on the work they have put in to meet the very exacting requirements set by the MCA.”

Principal of Orkney College UHI, Eddie Abbot-Halpin, said: “Orkney College is pleased to be working in partnership with Orkney Ferries in delivering this innovative project, which contributes to keeping Orkney at the leading edge of development.”

The Orkney College UHI Maritime Studies Department, on its own pier in Stromness, has been training seafarers for over 50 years and works closely with the local renewables fleet and the industry around it. The department offers a range of short courses to meet the needs of the fishing and merchant-marine sectors and the latest regulations. The department also provides land and marine based engineering training, incorporating the College’s Engineering Department.

Many of the college instructors are currently serving at sea as well as providing training at the department when on shore providing the department with a team who are right up to date, highly motivated and aware of modern training needs.

Further details on projects:

HyDIME

HyDIME is focused 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.

More details – HyDIME project website

HySEASIII

HySeas III is the final part of a three part research program that began in 2013 looking into the theory of hydrogen powered vessels (HySeas I), followed by a detailed technical and commercial study to design a hydrogen fuel cell powered vessel (Hyseas II 2014-2015). Several stakeholders has been involved in the project including the Interreg North Sea Region project DUAL Ports and Orkney College.

HySeas III builds on the first two parts by aiming to demonstrate that fuel cells may be successfully integrated with a proven marine hybrid electric drive system (electric propulsion, control gear, batteries, etc), along with the associated hydrogen storage and bunkering arrangements. The project will do this by developing, constructing, testing and validating a full-sized drive train on land. Should this test be successful, Scottish Transport have agreed to fund the building of a roll-on roll-off passenger ferry which will integrate the entire hydrogen/electric drive train which will be subject to extensive monitoring and testing. The chosen route for this innovative vessel will be Kirkwall to Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands.

More details – HySEASIII project website

BIG HIT

The BIG HIT project was initiated in Orkney in Spring 2016. The project was designed to expand upon the concepts as developed by the Surf ‘n’ Turf project.

BIG HIT saw the installation of a 1MW hydrogen electrolyser on the Orkney Islands of Shapinsay, collocated with a 900kW curtailed community wind turbine.

Renewable electricity generated on the islands of Eday and Shapinsay is used by electrolysers to produce hydrogen, by electrolysis of water. This hydrogen is then stored as high-pressure gas in the tube trailers, which can be transported to mainland Orkney.

BIG HIT uses two state-of-the-art proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers. The Shapinsay electrolyser is 1MW capacity and Eday electrolyser is 0.5MW capacity, both located close to the renewable generation assets. The hydrogen acts as an energy-storage medium which can later be converted back into heat and power for buildings and vessels in Kirkwall harbour, as well as the fuel for the operation of zero-emission hydrogen vehicles in and around Kirkwall.

More details – BIG HIT project website

Surf N Turf

Tidal power devices located at the European Marine Energy Centre test site at the Fall of Warness, in the sea just west of the island of Eday, and the Eday Renewable Energy community-owned onshore wind turbine, route their surplus electricity to a 500kW electrolyser, which generates hydrogen by splitting water.

The hydrogen is stored as compressed gas then transported on a trailer by road and sea to Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney. There it powers a fuel cell to generate clean electricity on demand.

Source: https://www.orkney.gov.uk/OIC-News/New-hydrogen-course-developed-in-Orkney-approved-by-MCA.htm 

On 11-12 November, 2020, DUAL Ports and Port of Hvide Sande will host the Sustainable Energy-workshop and following partnership meeting.

The workshop includes a tour to Vestas Nacelle andHvide Sande District Heating  as well as presentations from Blue World Technologies and Atlantic Sapphire. The Interreg North Sea Region Secretariat in Viborg will also attend and share new information with us.

The full programme and details for the workshop and partnership meeting will soon be announced.

A team of DUAL Ports partners and hydrogen-interested professionals went on a Fact Finding Trip to several different companies investing in hydrogen technologies now and in the future. 

Hydrogen has become an even greater interesting opportunity for ports to utilize sustainable energy. Many port’s surroundings provide an optimal position of strong ressources from nature that can help produce green energy, e.g. wind, wave and solar energy. The green energy may not only be used to power homes and business but also to create an alternative to fossil fuels for vessels, ferries, cars, busses among others.

At the end of June 2020, a team of Dual Ports partners participated in a fact-finding tour through Denmark, where they visited several companies involved in the hydrogen industry.

Today, green hydrogen is promoted as one of newer CO2-friendly fuels to be implemented in the shipping industry. More and more different types of ships are considering hydrogen propulsion or the installation of hydrogen fuel cells. From a port perspective, working with this new type of fuel is a challenge but also an opportunity to create new businesses, whereby the ports can play a multiple role. Not only can the port become a storage and bunkering station for green hydrogen, but it can also take up a role in the distribution of green hydrogen and in the production, insofar renewable energy sources are availabe in the neighbourhood.

The fact-finding tour was launched at the port of Hvide Sande. Considering the different sources of renewable energy that are available within the port (wind, solar, wave), the port and the District Heating company are to use the surplus energy for the production of green hydrogen within the scope of grid balancing. Next to the port and the district heating is also the Hvide Sande shipyard committed to build a hydrogen-powered dredging vessel that can be used within the port of Hvide Sande in order to guarantee the maritime accessibility.

The next stop on the tour was the Hy-balance plant in Hobro, a production plant for green hydrogen, that has been realized with European funding. The plant is the result of a cooperation between Hydrogen Valley, Air Liquide, Hydrogenics, Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik and Centrica. The plant manager gave the delegation a clear insight in the whole value chain of production, storage and distribution of green hydrogen. As to electrolyser, PEM (Polymer electrolyte membrane) technology is used. The whole plant is monitored 24h/24h and 7/7. The fragility of some of the components causes a lot of headaches for the plant manager.

From Hobro, the delegation drove up to Aalborg, where the operation of the hydrogen fuelling station for busses was explained by the project managers, active at the university of Aalborg. The city of Aalborg took 3 hydrogen-powered busses into service in March 2020. The use of these busses will save approximately 60,000 liters of diesel per year and reduce the CO2-emissions by 131 tons annually. In order to produce the necessary green hydrogen, an alkaline electrolyser is used in the plant. Also this pilot project is partly financed by the European Union.

The next was Blue World Technologies, situated at the port of Aalborg. Blue World Technologies is a Danish-Chinese joint venture, where methanol fuel cells are produced in order to replace the traditional combustion engines in cars. Fossil free methanol can be produced through a synthesis of green hydrogen and CO2. According to the managers of the company, the use of methanol fuel cells has a lot of advantages: contrary to electric cars, it can execute a normal travelling range of 1000 kilometers; the refuelling time is very quick, there is a significant fuel cost saving (30% and more) and there are zero harmful emissions. Also the storage of liquid methanol is much easier than the storage of hydrogen. For the production of the hydrogen, PEM technology is used.

The last stop before returning to Copenhagen was the enterprise Green Hydrogen Systems in Kolding. The focus of this company lies on the production of electrolysers, based upon pressurised alkaline technology. According to the CEO of the company, this type of electrolysers have many advantages in comparison with the PEM technology. High efficiency and high durability are 2 selling-points. But surprisingly, this type of alkaline electrolyser is able to handle dynamic operations with variable energy loads. Green Hydrogen Systems is one of  the most advanced electrolyser producers in Europe.

About the future of hydrogen in Hvide Sande

Port of Hvide Sande and Hvide Sande District Heating (located on the port area) are looking into the opportunities to create hydrogren from surplus production from their three offshore windmills – and transfer the heat from hydrogen production to Hvide Sande District Heating. Within DUAL Ports, Hvide Sande District Heating is working on the HEAT-pilot and they expect to be 94% CO2 neutral in their energy production with help from a new heat pump.

However, hydrogen is an additional step to reduce the port’s environmental footprints and gain optimal use of green energy. 200 days a year, a dredger works on removing sand from the harbour, so the water depth does not affect the port’s and business’s activities. Hvide Sande Shipyard is working on developing a hydrogen-powered vessel. Negotiations with the Danish Coast Directorate will, however, be crucial for the plans between Port of Hvide Sande, Hvide Sande District Heating and Hvide Sande Shipyard.

During two days, the group visited the following companies (in Denmark)

Port of Hvide Sande
Hvide Sande District Heating
Hvide Sande Shipyard
Hydrogen Valley / Hy Balance
Hydrogen Fuelling Station
Blue World Technologies
GreenHydrogen

The following attended on the Fact Finding Trip

Wim Stubbe, Lead partner of DUAL Ports
Jens Møller, Front Officer of DUAL Ports
Josephine Petersen, Communication Officer of DUAL Ports
Jens Damgaard, Business Development Manager at Business Vordingborg, Partner of DUAL Ports
Bent Haumann, Business Development Manager af Port of Vordingborg, Partner of DUAL Ports
Martin Halkjær Kristensen, Operations Manager at Hvide Sande District Heating, Partner of DUAL Ports
Kasper Teilmann, Consultant at GEMBA Seafood Consulting, Partner of DUAL Ports
Torben Falholt, on behalf of MEQ

Photo-series of the Hydrogen Fact Finding Trip

Dual Ports partner: ITM Power

 ITM Power manufactures integrated hydrogen energy solutions to enhance the utilization of renewable energy that would otherwise be wasted. As a DUAL Ports partner, ITM Power uses its skills in hydrogen technologies for their work in the hydrogen pilot at Orkney Islands.

ITM Power has been strengthening its position in the marine fuel bunkering market by offering the go-to green hydrogen production technology for large scale adoption of hydrogen fuel bunkering for the maritime industry. Its proven electrolyser platform architecture is designed to be scalable.

ITM is preparing itself for the second phase of the GIGASTACK project, a renewable hydrogen project that will be realized in the Humber region.  The GIGASTACK project, led by ITM Power, Orsted, Phillips 66 Limited Humber Refinery and Element Energy (consulting) will show how renewable hydrogen, derived from offshore wind (Hornsea wind park) can support the net zero greenhouse gas emission target in the UK in 2050. During the first phase of this project, ITM Power has developed designs for a low-cost modular 5-Megawatt electrolyser stack, whereby Orsted has investigated the potential synergies with offshore wind farms. During the second phase, the partners will detail the actual design of a hydrogen production system, connected to an offshore wind farm and an industrial off-taker, utilizing ITM Power electrolyser stack technology.

 

The continuing innovation in ITM Power’s technology, the scale of products alongside the improvements in manufacturing and production volume, position ITM Power to offer products that  provide its clients with the best opportunity to make renewable green hydrogen. This green hydrogen will be able to compete on cost with fossil fuel derived hydrogen, and even natural gas by 2050, as forecast by Platts, Bloomberg New Energy, The Hydrogen Council, and Hydrogen Europe. Therefore, it is essential to meet the large-scale green hydrogen production and cost targets that will be essential for shipping.

A new opportunity has emerged for director of Business Vordingborg, Susanne Kruse Sørensen. After the summer, Susanne will fulfill Esbjerg Airport’s ambitions as their new airport manager (Denmark).

“There is great potential in further developing Esbjerg Airport, which arouses my interest. And it is, among other things, my work at Business Vordingborg that I will bring with me as I begin a new exciting chapter in my career,” says Susanne.

Business Vordingborg is Communication Officer of DUAL Ports. Susanne Sørensen and Josephine Petersen, Marketing Consultant at Business Vordingborg, are responsible for the communication task. After Susanne’s departure, Josephine will continue the work within DUAL Ports

POSTPONED TO 2021! Exact date will be published soon from the organizer. DUAL Ports plan to attend in 2021.

DUAL Ports will attend Breakbulk Europe, an industry-leading event that connects organizations in the transport and logistics of project cargo with enginerring, procurement and construction companies among others. 

The world’s largest event for the project cargo and breakbulk industry has set a new date due to COVID-19. In September, DUAL Ports along with the Port of Vordingborg and other partners will travel to Bremen in Germany to attend Breakbulk Europe.

The fair Brakbulk Europe gives an opportunity to enhance the knowledge of circular economy and green technology at ports in a huge network whilst showing other professionals the exciting DUAL Ports projects that are in progress.

The conference and networking hub will welcome more than 600 exhibitors, 9,600 visitors and 400 cargo owners – the industry professionals include ports and terminals, cargo owners, freight forwarders, equipment companies among others.

DUAL Ports and the Port of Vordingborg have booked a stand to be exhibitors. We hope to see you for two exciting days of networking, business transactions and lead generation with industry professionals and key decision makers from around the world!

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