About the project
RH²IWER will run from the 1st of March 2023 till the 31st of August 2027. With a total budget of 20.5 million Euro of which 15 million Euro is funding from the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking. Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking is one of RH2IWER’s largest sponsors. Their envisioning capabilities make them not just a financial asset, but with a passion for innovation, also a valuable partner in this project.
Our main focus
To create a solid basis for the acceleration of hydrogen fuel cell powered inland vessels. Create a basis on which the shipping industry can significantly reduce their environmental footprint and remove emissions from their entire fleet in the future.
How do we achieve this
By demonstrating six commercially operated vessels. These vessels are of varying lengths and types ranging from 86 meters till 135 meters; container, bulk and tanker vessels. Working with standardisation of containerised fuel cell and hydrogen solutions.
The impact
The vessels within RH2IWER are representative of typical dry and liquid cargo vessels in the Rhine and Danube fleets, amounting to roughly 80% of the inland waterway fleet. Lessons learned could be applied more or less directly to these vessels, which would lead to a immediate reduction of the Green House Gasses to ZERO