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Alma Clean Power, a Clara venture, enters into MoU with Aker BP ASA and Eidesvik Offshore ASA
On Friday 5th November - Alma, a venture under establishment by Clara Venture Labs, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aker BP ASA (“Aker BP”) and Eidesvik Offshore AS (”Eidesvik”) to explore opportunities for utilising Alma’s proprietary fuel cell technology to accelerate the move to zero emissions shipping.
By Geir Omdal, Head of Marketing at Clara Published
Alma is a venture in process of being launched and established as a separate venture under Clara Venture Labs. The company provides clean power technology to the maritime, offshore and landbased sectors. Alma’s technologies are based on high temperature fuel cells, enabling zero emissions with high efficiency and fuel flexibility.
Aker BP, Eidesvik and Alma believe that industry wide collaboration between energy companies, technology providers and vessel operators and owners is essential to accelerate the implementation of clean fuel engine technologies. Aker BP, Eidesvik and Alma share the ambition of significant emission reductions from the fleet operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, and aim to be frontrunners in adopting new technologies to provide a quicker path to achieve this goal. This MoU is a first step in working together towards achieving this goal.
Specifically, the companies will explore retrofit installation of Alma’s fuel cell technology on the PSV vessels NS Frayja and Viking Lady with the option to include further vessels in the scope of the project as well.
About Aker BP
Aker BP is a leading European exploration and production company committed to continuous improvement including significant reduction in emissions from its PSV operations
About Alma
Alma, a venture developed by Clara Venture Labs (previously Prototech), is a Norwegian company under establishment providing clean power technologies to the maritime, offshore and landbased sector. The clean power systems provided by Alma are based on high temperature fuel cell technology, enabling zero emission power with high efficiency and fuel flexibility.
About Eidesvik
Eidesvik is an owner and operator of Offshore Support Vessels. Eidesvik has over years focused on implementing the best available energy efficient solutions onboard their vessels. The Company is today a clear market leader within green platform supply vessels.
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