LH2CRAFT

The LH2CRAFT project is a 48-month initiative involving 14 partners focused on integrating and validating Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) in maritime transport. Coordinated by HYDRUS and including the NTUA among its experienced consortium, the project develops next-generation, sustainable, commercially attractive, and safe long-term storage and long-distance transportation of LH2 for commercial vessels. This includes the analysis of alternative conceptual designs with early-stage safety and risk assessments of the cargo containment system (CCS) exceeding currently demonstrated sizes. The CCS will achieve Approval in Principle (AiP) and general approval by a major classification society, with demonstrations involving detailed design, construction, and testing of a reduced-size prototype. LH2CRAFT will also develop a preliminary integrated ship design, perform cost estimations, and achieve reduced boil-off rates of 0.5% per day. A life cycle model will compare different new design or retrofit strategies, and a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the large carrier will evaluate the environmental impact from cradle to grave, identifying sustainability and recyclability activities. The project emphasizes environmental compliance, risk assessments, and regulatory proposals to support LH2 adoption, aiming to achieve FuelEU Maritime 2040 targets by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting LH2 usage through robust dissemination and exploitation strategies.

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

AHI Carrier SEE, a joint venture with Carrier Corporation, is a leading provider of innovative and sustainable climate control systems in Southeast Europe. We distribute and service Carrier, Toshiba, and Totaline brands, building on Carrier Corporation's 120-year legacy of innovation. Together, we're committed to a sustainable future. Our ambitious goals include achieving carbon neutrality in our operations by 2050 and empowering customers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over one gigaton by 2030. We're achieving this by developing next-generation HVAC solutions that minimize energy consumption and emissions, integrating smart technologies, optimizing building energy use and grid stability, transitioning to refrigerants with significantly lower environmental impact, and designing products with a lower carbon footprint throughout their lifecycle.

Silver Sponsors

	Motor Oil Group with more than 51 years of activity on the energy scene, has proven that it knows very well how to adapt to new conditions, driven by high resilience, the ability to change, to modernize the business and operating model and, above all, by trust in people, who are at the core of all the Group's activities. Energy transition is important for climate balance and energy security is important for prosperity. Motor Oil invests in both. Invests 2,5 billion in the transition of the Group, but also invests 1,5 billion in the resilience and the expansion of the capacity of the existing energy business which is a pillar of energy security for the country.
	DESFA, as the Operator of the Greek National Natural Gas System, operates and develops with safety and innovation a wide network of modern infrastructure throughout the country, while daily paving the way for a greener future. Guided by our values, integrity, excellence & leadership, collaboration, as well as sustainability and innovation, we stay true to our vision of the safe operation and development of a technologically advanced transmission and storage network of clean, reliable and affordable gas energy operators, creating added value in the Greek economy and the societies where we operate and shaping a brighter, more sustainable future for everyone.

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