Green Hybrid Solution

In early February 2020 the UK government announced plans to ban the sale of diesel and gasoline cars by 2035. Hybrid Marine has received a number of enquiries as to how this target will affect marine engines. The simple answer is that it does not apply to marine craft as there are different targets here.

In 2018 the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed its initial strategy on the Reduction of GHG (Green House Gasses) from Ships. This Strategy commits the maritime sector globally to reducing emissions of GHGs from shipping by at least 50% by 2050 compared to 2008.

In January 2019 the UK the government published Maritime 2050, a strategic vision for a clean maritime sector in the UK.

In support of this strategy the Government has now published the Clean Maritime Plan which is the Environment Route Map of Maritime 2050 and sets out Clean Maritime Plan Ambitions for the UK. These zero emissions shipping ambitions are intended to provide aspirational goals for the sector, not mandatory targets.

You can download this document from the link above. There are a lot of words and lofty ideas here (60 pages of this) but it is the closest indication we can get about what may happen in the future.

Here is Hybrid Marine's interpretation and response to the Clean Marine Plan :

Read more: UK Gov Maritime 2050

Hybrid Marine joins ISHY

In January 2019 Hybrid Marine joined the European project "Implementation of Ship HYbridisation" (ISHY).

There are 15 project partners consisting of Universities and companies active in Hybridisation. European Regional Development Funding is provided under the Interreg 2 Seas program.