PowerCell tests methanol-to-hydrogen power system

PowerCell Group together with its partners e1 Marine, Maritime Partners and RIX Industries successfully completed a string test of the company’s respective technologies, simulating a 200 kW propulsion chain for methanol to hydrogen power.

As part of the test, the partners took methanol as a fuel and converted it to hydrogen before using the hydrogen in a fuel cell to generate power cleanly and efficiently – testing the system that will be present on the M/V Hydrogen One, the world’s first methanol-fueled towboat.