The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation, state-owned electricity utility PLN, ferry operator ASDP and the Indonesian subsidiary of hydrogen developer HDF Energy have signed an agreement for a joint study to decarbonise the country’s maritime sector using locally produced green hydrogen.
The study will focus on Eastern Indonesia, which is home to ASDP’s strategic ferry routes and where HDF Energy is developing 23 hydrogen power plants, combining a solar park and on-site energy storage of green hydrogen to provide electricity to the grid.
The project would see those plants supplying green hydrogen to power marine fuel cells manufactured by HDF Energy in France. The ferry operator ASDP will contribute to the study to identify opportunities for converting its fleet and port infrastructure, replacing traditional diesel engines with systems based on green hydrogen and renewable electricity to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The study will be conducted in collaboration with and co-funded by the IMO’s GreenVoyage2050 project.
HDF has also signed separate agreements in the Philippines and Vietnam earlier this month to advance the use of green hydrogen in maritime transport.
