Hydrogen combustion reaches class milestone in shipping’s fuel race

Fuels race

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has issued what it describes as the world’s first Type Approval Certificate for a 100% hydrogen-fuelled, spark-ignited marine engine developed by the joint venture BeHydro.

The approval covers engines with power outputs ranging from 900kW to 2,670kW and follows testing done at Anglo Belgian Corporation’s (ABC) facilities in Ghent. BeHydro is a joint venture between ABC and CMB.TECH.

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