Shoreside Power from Optimised Hydrogen Lifecycle (SPOHL)

This project seeks to eliminate GHG emissions for vessels by carrying out pre- deployment trials of a novel ultra-efficient Shoreside Power from Optimised Hydrogen Lifecycle (SPOHL) system for cold-ironing with long-duration, bulk energy storage to balance the seasonal variation in renewable energy systems. The project targets the specific themes of "shoreside storage and bunkering of low and zero carbon fuel" and "charging infrastructure and management for electric vessels" , "shore power solutions, such as enabling docked vessels to turn off their conventional power supply for ancillary systems" , "shoreside renewable energy generation at the port to supply vessels" , and "low carbon fuel production, such as hydrogen, methanol, ammonia" . This project will solve critical challenges of providing flexible, reliable, resilient, highly varying electrical power supply to vessels and port infrastructure for docked vessels rather than having them powered by onboard auxiliary and main diesel or carbon producing combustion engines. The project aims to showcase the best possible end-to-end electrical and cost efficiency basis for the use of hydrogen as a medium to long-term energy flow pathway, in part through lab demonstration of best-in-class hydrogen production, storage and conversion technologies (as above) but also through analysis and optimisation of potential energy flow scenarios underpinned by data collection at a number of ports (including but not limited to Belfast, Felixstowe, Rochester).

People

	Name	Telephone	Email	Office
	Dr Ioana Pisica Reader in Power Systems (Principal investigator) T: +44 (0)1895 265726 E: ioana.pisica@brunel.ac.uk	+44 (0)1895 265726	ioana.pisica@brunel.ac.uk	Howell Building 219