Italy's Enel, shipbuilder, to examine green hydrogen
A green unit of Italian gas and electricity distributor Enel said August 5 it signed a preliminary agreement with shipbuilder Fincantieri to study the use of green hydrogen.
Enel, through its Green Power arm, said it would work with the shipbuilder to look at ways to team up on the design and development of a management system for energy flows as well as how to supply green hydrogen to various parts of the maritime industry and various other industrial users.
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“The definition of an integrated solution for the production, supply, management and use of green hydrogen for port areas and long-range maritime transport: this is the objective of the memorandum of understanding signed by Fincantieri and Enel Green Power Italia,” Enel said.
Enel will utilise its Eugenio Montale power plant in Italy for initial tests for the activities covered by the agreement, which the Italian company said would advance the energy transition at the unit.
“The signing of this agreement represents a further step forward in Enel Green Power's commitment to collaborating with operators interested in developing solutions for the use of green hydrogen in sectors where electrification is not possible, thus contributing to the energy transition process through the decarbonisation of industrial activities,” said Carlo Zorzoli, the head of business development at Enel Green Power.
The European Commission recently unveiled its Fit for 55 legislative proposal that would apply the bloc's emissions trading system to shipping, putting pressure on shipowners to switch to cleaner fuels. While LNG offers a cleaner solution to oil-based fuels in the nearer term, hydrogen has been pitched as a zero-carbon option that could be adopted in the future.