Innovate UK announces the 7 successful Vessel Efficiency II projects to be funded
In light of the assessment by the International Maritime Organisation that carbon emissions from international maritime shipping make up 2.2% of the global total, and left unchecked could increase by as much as 250% in the period to 2050, it’s timely that Innovate UK has made public its chosen seven projects to be funded under the second Vessel Efficiency - Better Systems at Sea - competition.
In January 2014 The Vessel Efficiency II - better systems at sea competition offered funding of up to £5 million, with £3m from Innovate UK and £2 million from Dstl, for proposals to reduce emissions and improve efficiency of marine vessels.
Seven projects have recently been announced as being successful in receiving funding. They include:
* Supercritical CO2 Waste Heat Recovery for Marine Gas Turbines - led by Rolls-Royce PLC
* Project IConIC (Intelligent Condition monitoring with Integrated Communications) - led by Gosport based STS Defence
* Small Commercial Vessel Performance Management System - led by Appledore-based Keynvor MorLift Ltd
* VoyagOR - Voyage Optimal Routing in the Cloud - led by Aimes Grid Services
* Marine Exhaust Gas Treatment System (MAGS) - led by Sustainable Maritime Solutions Ltd
* Marine Energy Efficiency, Transformation and Reporting (MEETR) - led by Azurtane Ltd
* Performance and safety monitoring system for workboat fleet operation - led by CJR Propulsion
Details of these projects can be found at the following link:
http://tinyurl.com/ojzpwpz
Earlier this year Innovate UK and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (dstl) offered investment of up to £7.5m in collaborative R&D projects in a third Vessel Efficiency competition, this time to to improve the ways in which energy is managed on ships and other marine and maritime vessels. This competition closed in March 2015.
For more information please visit:
http://connect.innovateuk.org/web/vessel-efficiency
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