Axpo and SGV plan hydrogen passenger vessel on Lake Lucerne

In addition to Axpo and SGV, EWA-energieUri and AVIA Schätzle are also involved in the project.

Axpo continues to actively promote the development of the hydrogen economy in Switzerland, with the country’s largest green hydrogen plant at the Reichenau hydropower plant in Domat/Ems near completion. Now another plant is to follow at Bürglen in the Swiss canton of Uri, with hydrogen production expected to commence in 2025. Among other benefits, the plant’s production will be used to power the first hydrogen passenger vessel on Lake Lucerne.

Swiss shipbuilders Shiptec AG, pioneers in hydrogen mobility on inland waterways, are responsible for the planning, authorisation and conversion of the vessel, which belongs to the Lake Lucerne Navigation Co.

SGV Managing Director Stefan Schulthess said: “Conversion of the MS Saphir to a hydrogen fuel cell system will be completed by autumn 2025. This will enable us to reduce CO₂ emissions.” The project is supported by Switzerland’s Federal Office of Transport (FOT).

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