Scope

Your project must:

• review the technical and economic feasibility of solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• develop a clear plan for a future technology demonstration to be deployed after the feasibility project has been completed

You can include autonomous vessels as identified in the Technology and Innovation in UK Maritime Route Map and wind power, where these deliver energy efficiency savings and enable a vessel to be zero emission capable.

Clean maritime and smart shipping technologies for all sizes and categories of maritime vessel are in scope. Solutions can be suitable for one target size of vessel or multiple. Leisure and commercial vessels are in scope.

All ports and harbours are in scope, including infrastructure for both freight and leisure.

Your project can focus on one or more of the following themes:

• On-vessel low and zero emission technologies – for example vessel propulsion, on-vessel power generation, low carbon energy storage/management, physical connections to shore-side power, enabling technologies such as motors, drives and power electronics
• Port and shore-side solutions – for example shore-side low and zero carbon fuelling, charging infrastructure, renewable energy generation, low carbon fuel production
• Smart shipping technologies – for example autonomy, digitisation and better journey efficiencies directly and indirectly delivering quantifiable energy efficiency savings, other smart shipping technologies, including the control of the emission reduction systems including but not limited to wind propulsion.