Japan’s MODEC and Eld Energy, a Norwegian fuel cell system company, have cleared a key milestone in the new technology qualification (NTQ) process from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), advancing their solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power system toward deployment on operating floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units and opening a potential pathway to high-efficiency, lower-emission offshore power generation.
Illustration of FPSO with full scale (100 MW) SOFC installation with integrated carbon capture; Source: MODEC
MODEC and Eld Energy have achieved a major milestone in the American Bureau of Shipping’s NTQ process by completing the technology feasibility and concept verification stage for
