In cargo shipping, hot fuel cell technology and turbochargers represent a potentially greener alternative.
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Zurich Visitors can’t overlook Accelleron’s flagship product in the courtyard of the company’s headquarters, not far from Zurich. It is a turbocharger for diesel engines in container ships, the longer-than-a-man and the largest offered by the Swiss manufacturer. Baden focuses on the combustion engine. And to get more efficient performance from it.
However, Accelleron is relaxed about the approaching end of petrol and diesel engines. Dirk Bergmann, a member of the board and chief technology officer, is convinced that combustion engines, especially on ships and power plants, will not be replaced for the time being.
In the future, they will likely be powered by hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, or synthetic diesel fuel generated from green electricity. “We certainly won’t get a general solution in the foreseeable future, we’ll see the entire spectrum,” Bergman says.
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