£20m Clean Maritime Competition from Innovate UK
- Posted by Tony Lesowiec
There are two new grant funding opportunities from Innovate UK (a branch of the UK government) for innovative clean maritime and smart shipping projects, with a total budget of £20m. The end-game is to help in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by the UK’s maritime sector and support the transition to Net Zero by 2050. Project sizes can range from £25k-£4m. There are two strands of funding: Strand One: Project sizes between £25,000 and £1,000,000. Strand Two: Project sizes between £100,000 and £4,000,000. Projects can focus on one or more of the following themes:
On-vessel low and zero emission technologies:
- vessel propulsion (battery, fuel cell, hybrid, or engines using low carbon alternative fuels such as hydrogen, methanol or ammonia)
- propulsion systems using internal combustion engine technology capable of using multiple fuels including zero carbon options (such as hydrogen, methanol, ammonia)
- wind propulsion, including soft-sail, fixed-sail, rotor, kite and turbine technologies, targeting a range of ship types from small vessels to large cargo carriers, both as primary and auxiliary propulsion
- on-vessel power generation and fuel production to reduce GHG’s e.g. wind turbines, solar panels, synthetic fuel production
- low carbon energy storage and management
- physical connections to shore-side power, including fuelling lines
- enabling technologies such as motors, drives and power electronics
Port and shore-side solutions:
- shore-side low and zero carbon fuelling including bunkering of such fuels
- charging infrastructure and management
- low and zero emission shore-side power solutions, such as enabling docked vessels to turn off their conventional power supply for ancillary systems
- shore-side renewable energy generation at the port to supply vessels
- zero emission shore-side power supply as vessels are in harbour for the vessel’s main propulsion system, including grid or renewable energy supply
- low carbon fuel production (such as hydrogen, methanol, ammonia)
- zero emission infrastructure, including stationary assets for freight handling and port operations
Smart shipping technologies:
- autonomy, digitisation and better journey efficiencies directly and indirectly delivering quantifiable energy efficiency savings and, therefore, GHG emission reductions
- other smart shipping technologies, including the control of the emission reduction systems including but not limited to wind propulsion
For more information please select the following links:
STRAND ONE: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/888/overview#scope
STRAND TWO: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/887/overview
If you are interested in accessing these funds, please do contact us via this website “get in contact” page or at: hello@keystoneinnovation.co.uk