Assessing and preventing methane slip from LNG engines in all conditions within both existing and new vessels (ZEWT Partnership)
Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The topic of this Call implements the co-programmed European Partnership on ‘Zero Emission Waterborne Transport’ (ZEWT). Throughout this call, projects must have the goal to address the current state of the art and the scatter of emissions between different types of LNG-powered engines.
Detailed Call Description
This Call is under the Destination ‘’Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes’’ which addresses activities that improve the climate and environmental footprint, as well as competitiveness, of different transport modes.
The Call promotes operational data on methane slip from existing engine installations, as well as a comparison.
Activities may include additional measurement campaigns of methane slip where necessary and duly justified, addressing the complexity of different engine types at different load factors (including highly dynamic loads) and operational profiles. Additionally, they are aiming to lead, to a better understanding of the parameters involved in order to develop the most efficient abatement strategies through ICE improvement and/or post-treatment technologies. Such activities are expected to go significantly beyond existing measuring campaigns and provide distinctively new knowledge.
Project(s) will develop and demonstrate such strategies and the corresponding technologies for better performing ICEs and/or after treatment systems which virtually eliminate methane slip in all conditions in refitted or newly built vessels. By developing technologies also suitable for retrofitting this action will also have an impact on the existing LNG-powered fleet whilst ensuring that negative impacts on energy efficiency (potentially resulting in higher CO2 emissions) and on the suppression of pollutant emissions (in particular NOx) are avoided.
A repetition of measurements already made by producers of large marine engines will not be funded.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Up to 60% of the eligible costs applying both to members and non-members of the partnership, except for non-profit legal entities, where the funding rate is up to 100% of the total eligible costs.
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Fisheries/ Aquaculture and Maritime Policy
- Industry
- Other Thematic Category
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Transport
Eligibility for Participation
- Chambers
- Large Enterprises
- Local Authorities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia
P.O.Box 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Phone Number: +357 22205000
Email Address: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Mr Christakis Theocharous
Scientific Officer A’
Contact Phone: +357 22 205 029
Contact Email: ctheocharous@research.org.cy
Mr George Christou
Scientific Officer
Contact Phone: +357 22 205 030
Contact Email: gchristou@research.org.cy