Hydrogen Challenger
Hydrogen Challenger was a 66 meter (216 '6 ") long, newly equipped coastal tanker for mobile hydrogen production . It was equipped with a vertical wind turbine which wassupposed to produceelectricity for water electrolysis . The storage capacity was 1,194 m³ (42,000 ft 3 ) .
history
The hydrogen tanker was developed by the Bremerhaven company Hydrogen Challenger GmbH and completed in 2004. An old coastal tanker was re-equipped with the necessary equipment. The idea was to drive to windy areas in order to produce electricity there using the wind turbine, which is used to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis .
However, it appears that the project was a subsidy fraud:
“The ship used never made voyages in its intended function, and the converter that was supposed to generate the hydrogen was supplied by the manufacturer in good faith, but was later brought back because the invoice was not paid. The much too small wind turbine also basically ran empty because the electricity was not used at all. Behind the project was a dubious company, whose trail later fizzled out. Presumably for the reason that the Bremerhaven Economic Development Agency had allowed itself to be led on the ice, the matter was covered up, and today nobody talks about it anymore. The small tanker used almost sank in the harbor and was later thrown away. "
Location
The coastal tanker was stationed in the German Bight . At Helgoland , strong winds were supposed to produce hydrogen and oxygen, which were then sold and delivered to local customers in Bremerhaven .
The tanker has now been scrapped.