A joint UK-EU project to develop retrofit carbon capture solutions and other technologies for ships to reduce their emissions and fuel consumption has got underway.
The Green Marine project, led by the Cyprus Marine & Maritime Institute (CMMI), brings together 10 partners from industry and academia from all over Europe and the UK, including the University of Strathclyde’s Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering .
Other partners included in the project are Cyprus Marine & Maritime Institute, Smart Material Printing, Wind plus Sonne GmbH, University Polytechnic of Marche, BlueXPRT, SINTEF, PDM, CalMac Ferries Limited, and Carbon Capture Machine.
The partners share the vision of providing the wider maritime community with efficient ways of onboard retrofitting solutions, leading to the decarbonisation of the maritime industry.
The Green Marine team will develop retrofitting protocols and solutions to enable the future of shipping to be energy and fuel-efficient and capture the carbon it emits.
Specifically, to help the different stakeholders in their decision-making, a software tool catalog will be made that gathers knowledge on these and other solutions. The project will demonstrate these tools and the innovative solutions onboard Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) vessel/s.
According to the partners, the project objectives are as follows:
“As part of Green Marine project, the different technologies will be tested and verified onshore first for their marine application and, based on the results, a demonstration of the technology will be performed onboard one or more CalMac vessels,” Iraklis Lazakis , a professor from the University of Strathclyde said.
“This will take place towards the end of the project including a full process and consultation period with Classification Societies on the feasibility and risk assessment and qualification of the application of these technologies onboard the vessel/s.”
The project will run until January 2027 with an EU/UK funding of almost €5 million.