Provaris Energy has progressed engineering design work on its GH2 Carrier Provaris H2Neo to 70% completion, with full delivery scheduled for June 2022.
The company’s design team has put together a number of work packages, including a revised outline specification, general arrangement drawing, and other important design and engineering plans.
Following that, the finalized work packages are being shared with shipyards for construction schedules and capital cost estimates, as well as Class Societies as part of the approval process for the mid-2023 construction milestone.
“The design team for the GH2 Carrier continues to make excellent progress on the final design package for discussions with shipyards, an important milestone to refine our cost and schedule for construction and feed into project studies now in progress,” said Provaris managing director and CEO Martin Carolan.
“Management just returned from a trip to Europe and the United Kingdom to promote Provaris’ compressed hydrogen solution, which received a positive reaction given our goal delivery date of 2026.
“With the focus on energy security and new gas infrastructure seeking permissions for gas imports necessary to establish a hydrogen capacity in Europe starting in 2024-2026, interest in transportation solutions has surged.”
Approvals by class
Provaris has hired ABS Consulting to conduct gas dispersion, fire, and explosion safety studies that will allow Class Societies to verify the vessel’s safety problems, particularly with reference to hydrogen storage tanks and cargo management.
The program for engineering, risk, and safety research and testing necessary to get clearance for construction in 2023 is now being discussed with Class Societies, notably the American Bureau of Shipping.
“The H2Neo engineering and design have now developed sufficiently to begin conversations with Class for the design of testing and permission for building,” said Per Roed, Provaris’ chief technology officer.
“For our supply chain negotiations with ports in Asia and, more recently, Europe, we are now including port infrastructure plans.”
Port layouts
Provaris is currently working on concept ideas for the export and import of hydrogen across Asia and Europe.
A base design is intended to adapt to many places, with site-specific access and regulatory restrictions being a fundamental necessity for adaptation.
Paaras Maritime Options, a Singapore-based marine structural engineering firm, has been hired by Provaris to create and evaluate port solutions for loading and unloading compressed hydrogen utilizing the Provaris GH2 Carriers.
The results will be included in the company’s scoping and feasibility studies, which are now underway and will be completed in July 2022.
