A pioneering research project, led by leading UK battery specialist AceOn, has been awarded a GBP 4.6 million grant to help power a green future for the maritime industry and establish the UK as a world leader in marine renewable technologies. The RESTORE project, which gets under way in April, sees AceOn leading a consortium of pioneering businesses and organisations – Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Engas Global, Liverpool John Moores University, Newcastle University, Taurus Engineering and CAGE. The Government grant that has been awarded by Innovate UK is to develop ground-breaking ways of converting crew transfer vessels from diesel to battery and hydrogen power. The project will trial a number of ways in which the vessels – used to ferry crew to offshore locations such as windfarms – can be retrofitted with sustainable, green hydrogen and battery technology to remove the need for fossil fuels. The boat being used for the project was based in Blyth, in Northumberland, on the doorstep of a planned new UK gigafactory which would also play an essential part in developing the UK’s battery and electric capacity
A pioneering research project, led by leading UK battery specialist AceOn, has been awarded a GBP 4.6 million grant to help power a green future for the maritime industry and establish the UK as a world leader in marine renewable technologies. The RESTORE project, which gets under way in April, sees AceOn leading a consortium of pioneering businesses and organisations – Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Engas Global, Liverpool John Moores University, Newcastle University, Taurus Engineering and CAGE. The Government grant that has been awarded by Innovate UK is to develop ground-breaking ways of converting crew transfer vessels from diesel to battery and hydrogen power. The project will trial a number of ways in which the vessels – used to ferry crew to offshore locations such as windfarms – can be retrofitted with sustainable, green hydrogen and battery technology to remove the need for fossil fuels. The boat being used for the project was based in Blyth, in Northumberland, on the doorstep of a planned new UK gigafactory which would also play an essential part in developing the UK’s battery and electric capacity
