Helping the shipping industry transition to a cleaner future

Title: Decarbonizing Marine and Road Transport | Episode 1 | All Hands on Deck
Time: 3.17 min

Description
At the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam, we are at the forefront of developing technological solutions for the energy transition in an open campus concept.

In this two-part video series, we particularly focus on decarbonizing heavy-duty transport—a challenging sector for both marine and road transport.

In this episode, we will take you along into the diverse and innovative solutions from our campus members:

• Value Maritime: Pioneering exhaust gas cleaning systems for seagoing vessels.

• Kvasir Technology: Transforming waste-based plant biomass into marine biofuel.

• Corvus Energy: Advancing marine battery and hydrogen fuel cell technology.

Watch Episode 1 here and see how our members are setting sail for sustainable transport!

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Here, at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam...

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...we are at the forefront of developing technological solutions for the energy transition

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in an open campus concept with more than 25 organisations.

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Today, we are focusing particularly on

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decarbonizing heavy duty transport,

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a challenging sector for both marine and road transport.

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We will explore the solutions together with Rogier.

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He has played a key role in the realization

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of the Megawatt Charger here at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam.

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This Megawatt Charger will actually charge ships

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and also trucks.

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I will take Rogier on a tour to discover what other solutions

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our members have developed to decarbonize the marine sector.

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For example, Value Maritime, who invented a product called Filtree.

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Let me introduce you to Maarten from Value Maritime.

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Maarten, this is Rogier.

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Can you tell Rogier a bit more about Value Maritime?

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Yeah, of course.

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We make exhaust gas cleaning systems for seagoing vessels,

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cleaning the exhaust gases and capturing the carbon.

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This is a unique technology that filters sulfur

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as well as ultrafine particles

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from the exhaust fumes of ships.

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We have plug and play systems which you can place at the back of the vessel

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and connect it to the exhaust gases of these vessels.

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They also invented a carbon capture module

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that can be integrated into the Filtree system,

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And the CO2 is brought back to shore

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to be applied in other sectors as a feedstock.

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This avoids the CO2

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from being emitted into the atmosphere

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and makes this a circular process.

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But why don't those ships

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actually move away from fossil fuels completely?

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Most ships can’t change overnight to power or alternative fuels,

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especially the larger ones.

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What about biofuels then? Great question.

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I'll tell you a bit more about Kvasir Technologies, our other member.

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Kavsir Technologies has developed a scalable technology

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that transforms waste

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based plant biomass into a marine biofuel.

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This biofuel has similar properties

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to marine fuel oils delivering high yields.

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The biofuel is applicable to existing engines.

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This means that this solution does not require ships

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to be retrofitted, and it also doesn't require investment

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in new fleets designed for alternative fuels.

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Sounds like for every vessel there’s a different solution.

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Now, as you know,

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we are also working on the Megawatt Charger.

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Megawatt Chargers can ramp up charging speeds for many types of electric vessels.

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Yeah, and here at ETCA

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we have Corvus Energy working in that field of expertise.

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Hey, Koen!

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Can you tell Rogier a bit more about what you brought today?

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Hey!

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I brought you these two lithium

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battery modules for the maritime industry.

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Yeah, with this we are powering a clean future for the ocean space.

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Since the start in 2009,

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Corvus Energy has been leading the way in

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marine battery technology

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with the required safety standards.

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Our biggest project has more than 40 megawatt hours installed

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and is able to charge overnight.

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To further reduce emissions from shipping,

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the company has also developed

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a maritime hydrogen fuel cell

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system, together with a world leader in this technology, Toyota.

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Thanks for giving me this tour, Simone!

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In the next part, I will show you our latest project, the Megawatt Charger.

Title: Decarbonizing Marine and Road Transport | Episode 2 | Megawatt charger

Time: 3.44 min

Description

At the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam, we are at the forefront of developing technological solutions for the energy transition in an open campus concept.

In this two-part video series, we particularly focus on decarbonizing heavy-duty transport—a challenging sector for both marine and road transport.

In this episode, we will visit the new Megawatt Charger here on the campus.

We will show you what it looks like, how it works, and what the potentials are.

Exciting, isn’t it? 

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Here, at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam...

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...we are at the forefront of developing technological solutions for the energy transition

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in an open campus concept.

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Today, we are focusing particularly on decarbonizing

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heavy duty transport, a challenging sector for both marine and road transport.

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This powerhouse is one of Europe's fastest charging electric trucks,

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capable of being charged at one megawatt.

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My name is Simone and in the previous episode

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I took Rogier on a tour to explore

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our marine decarbonization solutions.

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Today, Rogier will take me on a visit to the new Megawatt Charger

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here on the campus.

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Rogier has worked on the realization of this Megawatt Charger.

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He will tell you a bit more about what it looks like, how it works,

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and what the potentials are.

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Exciting, isn’t it?

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We have been working so hard to make this happen,

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and now you actually see it in real life.

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It's reality.

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How will this be utilized in the real world?

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For example, if you look at trucks, think about long distance trucking.

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So you have a driver that needs to have a break in between driving.

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And that break is normally 45 minutes.

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And that's a great opportunity to actually charge their truck.

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And if you look at marine, for instance, inland shipping or

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if you look at ferries, this Megawatt Charger could be a solution.

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So this solution will contribute to the CO2 reductions

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of marine and heavy duty road transportation.

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Okay.

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And with such high power levels, how do we manage that

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we don't go over the limit of the local power supply?

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Now, that's a great question because if it indeed is charging a ship

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or a truck, it can go up to one megawatt.

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And that's quite a lot of power.

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And we here at ETCA are building our own microgrid

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behind the meter with different electrification assets.

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And we are trying to optimize that.

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So once one element is pulling more power, then others will be a bit less.

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And therefore we stay below that limit of our grid connection.

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So we just had a closer look at the Megawatt Charger.

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Can you explain a bit more

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why we have two different connectors in this integrated solution?

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Sure. We have two connectors.

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So two on the road side and two on the marine side.

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And if you look at the road side

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on the right hand side we have the Combined Charging Standard..

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...So CCS.

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And that is a widespread connector.

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And on the left hand side you see the innovative Megawatt Charging Connector

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for the high power charging.

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Who can benefit from this technology?

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Any organisation that wants to electrify their transport can benefit from this.

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And specifically, this installation here in Amsterdam

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is open on appointment for customers to test.

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And then if they like it, they can actually

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also implement it at their location and we can help them with that.

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And this is just the beginning.

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We are very curious to see how this technology will develop

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further in the future.

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