Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition
Published 6 February 2023
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In March 2022, the government allocated £206 million for a UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE). The UK SHORE programme, within the Department for Transport, is focused on decarbonising the domestic maritime sector by delivering a suite of interventions aimed at addressing different barriers to maritime decarbonisation across a range of technology-readiness levels (TRLs).
UK SHORE and Innovate UK are delivering £77 million in match-funding to support high TRL research in close to commercial clean maritime technology. Funding will be made available to cover the construction and set-up of projects until March 2025, with project partners covering all costs of demonstrating in an operational environment until March 2028. This multi-year operating period will provide valuable data, demonstrating the efficacy of zero emission solutions in a real-world environment and across a range of operational states. The outputs of these projects will help to develop the wider clean maritime sector as well as inform future policy and regulatory decisions.
All projects must include on-vessel technology and shoreside infrastructure, with project partners from ports or infrastructure owners and operators and vessel owners and operators. This ensures guaranteed supply and demand over the lifetime of ZEVI projects.
The specific technology in scope will include the following:
In particular, zero emission ferries are encouraged, and energy efficiency technologies will also be included.