{"id":4972,"date":"2026-10-29T14:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2026-10-29T14:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:37:59","slug":"powercell-s-victor-akerlund-out-to-make-the-fuel-cell-case-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/news\/current-year-speakers-pff\/powercell-s-victor-akerlund-out-to-make-the-fuel-cell-case-clear\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerCell \u2018s Victor \u00c5kerlund out to make the fuel cell case clear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hydrogen fuel cells are making a strong case for their greater adoption in shipping\u2019s energy transition journey, the Propulsion &amp; Future Fuels Conference will hear in December.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of those leading the charge is Victor \u00c5kerlund, Chief Analytics and Sustainability Officer with the PowerCell Group, whose opening day contribution will detail the real-world lessons from four marine hydrogen fuel cell projects.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">His speech covers the technical, commercial and regulatory barriers each project faced, and how they were addressed. The projects involved ferries, bulk carriers, cruise auxiliaries and a superyacht, understood to be the 118m Feadship now named Breakthrough, the world&#8217;s first hydrogen fuel cell superyacht which was originally built for Bill Gates.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00c5kerlund will be speaking in the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Breaking Barriers: Expanding the Future Fuel Mix Beyond Conventional Pathways <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">session examining adoption challenges, operational considerations and how breaking barriers can enable a more diverse and resilient path to decarbonisation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He will be joined by moderator Gavin Allwright, Secretary General of the International Windship Association, Harry Jankola, Commercial Development &amp; Partnerships Manager at XFuel, and Boudewijn Pragt, Economics and Transition Finance Manager with the Maersk McKinney Moller Center for Decarbonisation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Founded in 2008 as an industrial spin-out from the Volvo Group, the PowerCell Group develops and produces fuel cell stacks and systems with uniquely high power density. Its hydrogen electric solutions are designed to deliver clean, scalable power for marine applications.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Also, along with several partners, the PowerCell Group is part of the EU-funded MiNaMi (Million Nautical Mile Fuel Cell System) consortium developing Europe\u2019s first megawatt scale Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell system for maritime use.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The 2026 Propulsion &amp; Future Fuels Conference \u2013 8-10 December in Hamburg \u2013 has a great deal to offer, in almost every sense of the word. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/book\/\">To find out more, click here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shipping needs to make space for hydrogen adoption <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[88],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-year-speakers-pff","tag-enews3"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4973,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4972\/revisions\/4973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4972"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorship.com\/propulsion-and-future-fuels-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}