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2781. Locating Fuelling Stations for Zero-Emission Aquaculture Vessels

Invited abstract in session MB-61: Location of Alternative Fuel and Charging Stations, stream Locational Analysis.

Monday, 10:30-12:00
Room: S10 (building: 101)

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Sarka Stadlerova
Departementet of Industrial Economy and Technology Management, NTNU
2. Peter Schütz
Dept. of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, NTNU
3. Robin Halseth Aakvik
NTNU
4. Kenneth André Inghelm Mørkved
NTNU

Abstract

The aquaculture industry contributes considerably to CO2 pollution in Norway, whereas about 40% of the aquaculture sector emissions are caused by aquaculture vessels. The aquaculture industry is expected to grow in the coming years. However, emissions must be reduced by 55% by 2030 to meet the goals set in the Paris Agreement. Therefore, it is critical to decarbonize the aquaculture operations. The transition of the aquaculture vessels to zero-emission energy carriers such as hydrogen is a promising solution. However, the adoption of hydrogen solutions is hindered by non-existing hydrogen infrastructure.

To address this challenge, we formulate a location routing problem, considering the location of hydrogen fuelling stations and the routing of aquaculture vessels. The aim is to decide the location of fuelling stations, which routes to serve, and the number of necessary vessels to satisfy demand. The objective is to locate hydrogen fuelling stations so that opening costs of fuelling stations, vessel costs and routing costs are minimized. We solve the problem using a path flow model formulation with a priori route generation.

Our case study is inspired by the real case from Norway considering a location routing problem of well-boats in Lofoten and Vesterålen.

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Status: accepted

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