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Ricardo’s hydrogen fuel cell module successfully reaches full power of 393 kW

Ricardo announced that its high-powered, multi-stack hydrogen fuel cell module technology successfully reached 393kW of net electrical power, achieved within three months development from initial start-up.

Ricardo said that this achievement was made possible due to Ricardo’s virtual engineering toolchain, which reduces physical prototyping costs and risks, accelerates development timelines, and provides a deeper understanding of system behaviours under diverse conditions.

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Initially developed as part of the Sustainable Hydrogen Powered Shipping (sHYpS) Horizon Europe project for the maritime sector, Ricardo’s multi-stack hydrogen fuel cell module is designed to deliver high energy output with zero emissions. Its modular architecture integrates multiple fuel cell stacks to provide power density and scalability while meeting the evolving energy demands of diverse applications, such as maritime, stationary power generation, rail and off-highway.

To support the adoption of hydrogen technology, Ricardo has also developed a containerized solution, able to combine multiple fuel cell modules, enabling power output to be scaled up to 3MW per container, with the DC-DC power conversion on board, all without sacrificing efficiency or durability.

When scaled up to incorporate multiple fuel cell modules housed within two bespoke containers, a total net electrical plant output of 6MW can be delivered. This is sufficient to power a 50,000-tonne 1,000-passenger cruise ship through important zero-emission mission cycles.

The prototype technology is a work package in the Horizon Europe project “sHYpS” (sustainable HYdrogen powered Shipping), co-funded by the European Union and Innovate UK. sHYpS aims to support the decarbonisation of the shipping industry.

The sHYpS project is co-funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe, the European Union’s research and innovation program under Grant Agreement Number 101056940. The consortium of members represents 5 European countries: Italy, France, Czechia, Germany, Norway and UK.

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