The U.S. shipowner SWITCH Maritime has secured $2 million in funding to develop and demonstrate New York’s first hydrogen fuel cell-electric ferry.
Illustration; Archive. Courtesy of SWITCH Maritime
SWITCH Maritime is one of five companies which was awarded the funding for clean hydrogen research and development projects through the Advanced Fuels and Thermal Energy Research Program administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
Governor Kathy Hochul announced on August 21 that more than $11 million had been awarded to five projects that will demonstrate new technology designs, cost reductions associated with clean hydrogen storage and distribution, evaluate large-scale clean hydrogen storage opportunities, and deploy zero-emission hydrogen-powered transportation.
“New York’s investments in clean hydrogen are helping to unlock this emerging resource as a potential contributor to the state’s affordable, abundant, and reliable energy system,” Governor Hochul
