Clean maritime competition winners announced

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The UK government has announced the 55 winning projects of its £23m Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, supporting development of zero-emission maritime technology.

The winners were announced by transport secretary Grant Shapps in Greenwich this week as part of London International Shipping Week. Forming part of the prime minister’s ten point plan for green industrial revolution, the R&D competition was launched in line with the government’s ambition to have zero emission ships operating commercially by 2025.

Among the winners is Oceanways, a UK startup aiming to introduce the world’s first zero-emission autonomous submarine fleet powered entirely by green hydrogen. It will contribute toward cleaning ocean pollution by collecting micro-plastics on its pilot route between Glasgow and Belfast.

Other winning projects include the ‘HIMET’ (Hydrogen in an Integrated Maritime Energy Transition) project, led by EMEC Hydrogen in Orkney which will explore solutions for decarbonising ferries and shore-side activities in ports.

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