Feasibility study - to explore Net Carbon Zero vessel solutions on the Thames

可行性研究 - 探索泰晤士河上净碳零船舶解决方案

• 批准号: 10007170
• 金额: $ 10.08万
• 依托单位: BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10007170
• 关键词: Feasibility; study; explore; Net; Carbon

This proposal, submitted by a team comprising BAE Systems, Cory and Wight Shipyard under the Innovate UK Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (Strand 1) is an initial feasibility study that will inform and de-risk the development and future operation of a fleet of up to 25 autonomous, self-propelled barges, powered by energy-from-waste generated by a waste processing plant in Belvedere, Kent. The study will assess the potential to extend the resulting shore-side charging infrastructure to provide a service to third party river users. This will reduce the barriers to entry for operators considering the transition away from fossil fuels and accelerating the decarbonisation of the wider Thames ecosystem to help achieve the government's 2050 net zero greenhouse gas target.This feasibility study will address the technical, operational and regulatory issues facing future low carbon marine traffic on the River Thames, where the complex city environment makes shore-side charging infrastructure a particular barrier, and where the tidal nature of the river brings additional complexity to vessel energy profiles. The study will cover an appraisal of various system options before outlining a detailed implementation roadmap.The project will focus on the integration of existing technologies where possible, but identify technology gaps and proposed solutions, together with how and when these will be embodied into the exploitation roadmap. We recognise that some technologies are currently less mature than others and the roadmap will articulate how these technologies can transition into the solution over time as technical maturity and regulatory appetite dictates.The key success criteria for the feasibility study will be the development of an exploitation roadmap that will lay the foundations for a concrete commercial deployment, and a fully costed plan for the next phase, which is a single vessel demonstration and evaluation system.The anticipated well-to-wake greenhouse gas reduction for the Cory implementation is 54,765 tonnes of CO2 based on the replacement of marine diesel with energy-from-waste over a 15 year operational lifetime. Extension of these concepts across other Thames operators facilitated by shore-side infrastructure as a service could increase this to 200,000 tonnes in the same timeframe.

该提案由BAE系统公司、科里公司和怀特造船厂组成的团队在创新英国清洁海事示范竞赛（Strand 1）下提交，是一项初步可行性研究，将为多达25艘自主自航驳船的开发和未来运营提供信息和风险，这些驳船由肯特贝尔韦代雷废物处理厂产生的废物能源提供动力。该研究将评估扩展由此产生的岸边充电基础设施的潜力，以向第三方河流用户提供服务。这将降低运营商的进入门槛，考虑从化石燃料过渡，并加速更广泛的泰晤士河生态系统的脱碳，以帮助实现政府的2050年净零温室气体目标。这项可行性研究将解决泰晤士河未来低碳海上交通面临的技术，运营和监管问题，其中复杂的城市环境使岸边充电基础设施成为一个特殊的障碍，并且其中河流的潮汐性质给船舶能量分布带来了额外的复杂性。研究会先评估各种系统方案，然后才勾划详细的实施路线图。研究会集中研究如何整合现有技术，并找出技术差距和建议的解决方案，以及如何及何时将这些技术纳入开发路线图。我们认识到，目前某些技术的成熟度低于其他技术，路线图将阐明这些技术如何随着技术成熟度和监管要求的推移过渡到解决方案中。可行性研究的关键成功标准将是制定开发路线图，为具体的商业部署奠定基础，并为下一阶段制定全面的成本计划，这是一个单船演示和评估系统。根据在15年的运行寿命内用废物能源替代船用柴油的情况，Cory实施的预期油井至尾流温室气体减排量为54，765吨CO2。如果将这些概念推广到泰晤士河的其他运营商，并将岸边基础设施作为一项服务，那么在同一时间内，这一数字可能会增加到20万吨。