Nemo H2

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The tour boat Nemo H2 Rederij Lovers is the first boat of this class, which is powered by fuel cells in Amsterdam. The idea came already in 2005. By early 2008, all the necessary preparatory work for the project was completed in August 2008 and the boat was structurally complete on the Scheepswerf Bodewes in Hasselt.

Building and construction

The Nemo H2 has the typical form of the Amsterdam canal boats, on the basis of an exemption it is about two feet longer than the other boats. The front glass was first carried out in one piece as a panoramic screen. In April 2009, the ship was spent with a heavy transport vehicle for the coating to the company Klaver Yachtpainting in Vollenhove and received his striking airbrush painting with hundreds of drops of water on the hull. The end of May will be returned transportation to Hasselt for further expansion. On September 3, again in 2009 was a land transport still Meppel, where the boat was launched. The shipyard De Kaap to the end of November still remaining works were completed.

The hull is divided into three watertight compartments, all major systems are duplicated and thus the boat meets the class three safety rules and may, in contrast to the other tour boats also go to the IJ. At the rear, a retractable radar antenna is installed. In order to achieve the required headroom, 1500 kg lead ballast were distributed in the ship. On 9 December 2009, the boat was christened Nemo H2 and put into service in March 2011.

Drive

It is driven purely electrically connected to the power generated by two polymer electrolyte fuel cells with together 80 kW peak power. The built- in rear 76 kW Voith - ring propeller can be rotated 180 degrees in the bow a 11 kW strong bow thruster is installed with which the boat can be moved even up to a speed of 6 km / hr. To compensate for variations in power consumption, 55 batteries with a total of 69 kW are available. The hydrogen storage consists of six Kunststoffanks together with 1200 liters content, which corresponds to about 30 kg of hydrogen at 350 bar. One refill lasts eleven hours driving time. The electricity for the production of the hydrogen comes from a wind farm off the coast of IJmuiden.