FASTWATER develops and demonstrates an evolutionary pathway for methanol technology in waterborne transport by pursuing the following objectives:
- Demonstrate the overall feasibility under operational conditions, when our demo-cases test methanol in service
- Develop and demonstrate universal, scalable retrofit kits for converting ships to methanol use for a wide power range (200 kW – 4 MW)
- Develop the next generation of methanol-fuelled engines for further advances in efficiency, and further reductions in emissions and costs
- Demonstrate the complete supply chain from renewable methanol producers to ship bunkering, including setting up bunkering procedures for safe and efficient bunkering
- Work with regulatory agencies to develop rules & regulation for methanol as a fuel
- Develop a training programme for crews, gain experience with the FASTWATER Demo-cases and formulate best practices for use beyond FASTWATER
- Life cycle performance assessment to analyse investment costs, CO2 savings and pollutant reductions
- Name of organisation
- Lund University
- Type of organisation
- Research and academia
- Type of action proposed
- Research and innovation
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Prevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and watersMake the sustainable blue economy carbon-neutral and circularPublic mobilisation and engagement
- List of Partners
See our project website
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 5000000
- Basin coverage
- Cross-basin
- Website link
- sebastian.verhelst@energy.lth.se
- Country
- BelgiumGermanyGreeceSweden