The Government has announced that coastal communities across the UK are to benefit from £30m funding to decarbonise shipping and power up local economies. 

Awarded from the sixth round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC), successful consortia, including MSE International, will be given a share of funding to support the development of clean maritime fuels and technologies such as ammonia, hydrogen, methanol, solar and electric. 

Investment in green fuels not only supports the decarbonisation of shipping, helping cement the UK as a clean energy superpower; it also revitalises coastal communities by growing local economies and boosting jobs and skills.   

CMDC has provided over £136m funding to date to 142 organisations, as part of the wider UK SHORE funding – the Government’s flagship programme dedicated to decarbonising maritime - for over 300 organisations, including 250 SMEs. Successful projects include the installation of electric chargepoint networks across ports, including at Aberdeen, the demonstration of an electric crew transfer vessel at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, and the demonstration of a green hydrogen shore power system at the port of Leith. 

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