Techno-economic Feasibility Study of ClimaHtech innovative clean maritime solutions

这项技术经济可行性研究探索了将突破性清洁燃料生产技术推向市场的潜力，该技术有可能为英国的海事活动带来重大的脱碳。这项研究最初将集中在奥克尼和贝尔法斯特作为安装清洁燃料生产和分配系统的测试地点。这两个地区都可以获得重要的可再生能源，但也涵盖了各种与船舶相关的活动，这将确保结果在整个英国可复制。该项目的主要目的是完成一项技术经济可行性研究，以确定以下方面的商业可行性：*为海事部门生产电子柴油和生物柴油*在船舶上使用电子柴油取代化石燃料的使用*使用生物柴油供应港口设备本研究将确定使用CATAGEN的E-FUEL GEN技术和直接空气捕获（DAC）技术生产电子柴油的好处和挑战，以脱碳典型的船舶燃料在满足需求的同时，能够继续使用燃料补给和燃料基础设施。这项工作将得到贝尔法斯特港，EMEC，奥克尼群岛委员会，高地燃料的支持，以提供专业知识和信息，以支持开发适用于整个英国并可出口到全球的强大而全面的脱碳解决方案。该研究的成功完成将展示如何使用电子柴油和生物柴油来实现海事部门和配套基础设施的脱碳，同时能够继续使用现有的推进系统、燃料储存和处理设备以及健康和安全法规。该研究将表明，这将如何消除采用脱碳技术的几个障碍，如现有资产的改造/升级、未经证实或缺乏的基础设施能力，以及不明确或缺乏的监管和补贴框架。该项目将使用项目合作伙伴提供的数据，包括当地可再生能源发电潜力、燃料需求概况和燃料基础设施信息，以确定CATAGEN技术如何加速合作港口海上活动的脱碳，并展示如何在整个英国海事部门进行复制。此外，该研究将提供一套建议，说明如何将所获得的知识和理解用于开发示范项目，以及如何在其他英国港口进行复制。

This techno-economic feasibility study explores the potential to bring a breakthrough clean fuel production technology to market which has the potential to deliver significant decarbonisation to the UK's maritime activities.The study will focus initially on Orkney and Belfast as test locations for installing the clean fuel production and distribution systems. Both areas have access to significant renewable sources, but also cover a diverse range of vessel related activities, which will ensure that the outcomes are replicable across the UK.The main aims of this project are to complete a techno-economic feasibility study to determine the commercial viability of:* Production of e-diesel and bio-diesel for the maritime sector* Use of e-diesel on marine vessels to displace fossil fuel use* Use of bio-diesel to supply port-side equipmentThis study will determine the benefits and challenges to producing e-diesel using CATAGEN's E-FUEL GEN technology and direct air capture (DAC) technologies to decarbonise typical marine vessel fuel demand while enabling continued use of bunkering and fuel infrastructure.This work will be supported by Belfast Harbour, EMEC, Orkney Islands Council, Highlands Fuels to provide specialist knowledge and information to support development of a robust and holistic decarbonisation solution that is applicable across the UK and can be exported globally.Successful completion of the study will demonstrate how e-diesel and bio-diesel can be used to decarbonise the maritime sector and supporting infrastructure whilst enabling continued use of existing propulsion systems, fuel storage and handling equipment, and health and safety regulations. The study will show how this removes several of the barriers to adoption of decarbonisation technologies such as retrofitting/upgrading of existing assets, unproven or lacking infrastructure capability and undefined or absent regulation and subsidy frameworks.The project will use data including, local renewable energy generation potential, fuel demand profiles, and fuel infrastructure information provided by project partners to determine how CATAGEN technology can accelerate decarbonisation of maritime activities at partner ports, and show how this can be replicated across the UK maritime sector. Additionally, the study will provide a set of recommendations for how the knowledge and understanding gained can be used to develop a demonstration project and how it can be replicated across other UK ports.