Yanmar believes in hydrogen. As part of efforts to offer environment-friendly powertrain solutions, Yanmar will develop a hydrogen fuel cell system for maritime applications, based on fuel cell technology for automobiles.

WHO’S TARO KITAMURA, THE NEW PRESIDENT OF YANMAR MARINE INTERNATIONAL

With the International Maritime Organization announcing a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to zero by the end of this century, marine environmental regulations have been tightened worldwide and the implementation of emission control areas has begun to have an effect on ship operations.

Yanmar fuel cell
The hydrogen fuel cell unit and high-pressure tank

Yanmar in partnership with Toyota…

Yanmar has successfully addressed the various regional demands for emission control regulations by developing dual-fuel engines and ever cleaner diesel engine technologies. The next challenge, then, is to develop non-fossil fuel powertrains.

The company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Toyota Motor Corporation to develop a hydrogen fuel cell system for maritime applications based on hydrogen fuel cell system components including high pressure hydrogen tanks on Mirai, a hydrogen fuel cell automobile manufactured by Toyota.

YANMAR AND FPT, TOGETHER FOR PLEASURE APPLICATIONS

Yanmar believes in hydrogen: a field demonstration by the end of FY2020

With a view to realizing an easily installable module with superior cruising range, Yanmar aims to install the maritime fuel cell system on its own boat and start a field demonstration test by the end of fiscal year 2020. Furthermore, the company plans to expand the technology for a variety of applications and deployments.

Highlights

FPT Industrial: let’s go, XC13

The XC13 surely sounds agnostic in FPT Industrial’s unofficial nomenclature; it comes, indeed, with a tripartite certification: Euro 6E (winking an eye at the upcoming Euro 7), methane gas and also biofuel, with a link to hydrogen. Andrea Abbà, FPT’s product marketing manager, told us about dialogui...

Related articles

Isotta Fraschini Motori, Marco Golinelli is the new CCO

Marco A.G. Golinelli has joined Isotta Fraschini Motori as the new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). With his extensive expertise as Director Energy Solutions, and the cogeneration sector, Marco will undoubtedly bolster Isotta Fraschini Motori’s ongoing success and growth.
News

VM Motori is ready for the relaunch

Rumors are intensifying around the sale of VM Motori, which is expected to take place in 2024. We are behind schedule, compared to the forecasts of the Emilia Romagna region, but the rumors remain and the clues lead to northern Italy
News

[Interact Analysis] Forecasts for the global forklift market

Interact Analysis has recently updated its forecasts for the global forklift market. It was initially expected that the market would decline in 2024. However, North America actually saw a significant increase in order volume in the final quarter of 2023. In China, sales in January 2024 experienced a...
News