The tour boat Nemo H2 from Rederij Lovers (" Reederei Lovers") is the first boat of this class to be operated with fuel cells in Amsterdam . The idea for this came up in 2005. By the beginning of 2008, all the necessary preparatory work for the project had been completed and in August 2008 the shell of the boat was completed at the Bodewes shipyard in Hasselt .
The Nemo H2 has the typical shape of the Amsterdam tour boats, due to a special permit it is around two meters longer than the other boats. The front glazing was designed for the first time in one piece as a panoramic pane. In April 2009, the ship was brought to the company Klaver Yachtpainting in Vollenhove in a heavy transport vehicle for painting , where it received its striking airbrush painting with hundreds of water droplets on the hull. At the end of May it will be transported back to Hasselt for further expansion. On September 3, 2009 there was another land transport to Meppel, where the boat was lowered into the water. Remaining work had been done at the De Kaap shipyard by the end of November.
The hull is divided into three watertight compartments, all main systems are duplicated and thus the boat meets class three of the safety regulations and, in contrast to the other tour boats, is also allowed to sail on the IJ . A lowerable radar antenna is installed at the stern . In order to achieve the required clearance height, 1,500 kg of lead ballast were distributed in the ship. On 9 December 2009, the boat was in the name Nemo H2 baptized and placed into service in March 2011.
drive
The drive is purely electric with the electricity generated by two polymer electrolyte fuel cells with a total output of 80 kW . The built-in the rear 76 kW Voith - Ring propeller can be rotated 180 degrees in the bow a 11 kW is strong bow thruster installed, with which the boat can be moved h and up to a speed of 6 km /. In order to compensate for fluctuations in power consumption, 55 accumulators with a total of 69 kW are available. The hydrogen storage consists of six plastic tanks with a total capacity of 1200 liters, which corresponds to around 30 kg of hydrogen at 350 bar . One tank of fuel is enough for eleven hours of driving. The electricity for the production of hydrogen comes from a wind farm off the coast of IJmuiden .
