According to Ricardo, the granting of the AiP signals confidence that the technology has the potential to satisfy regulatory requirements and can be used more widely as a solution to support future decarbonization across the maritime industry.

This solution has been designed and developed by Ricardo as part of the Sustainable Hydrogen Powered Shipping (sHYpS) project, which includes the specification, design, build and test of a ~500 kW net, 375 kW gross power fuel cell module (RFC500) and the design of a 40-foot containerized multi-megawatt power plant that combines the outputs of several fuel cell modules.

Ricardo revealed that the company is about to start testing the RFC500 module and is now assembling its marine containerization system in its new, purpose-built fuel cell facilities at its Shoreham Technical Centre in the UK.