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Sustainable Energy Applications for Green and Low-impact Operation of small-scale fishing boats in the Baltic and North Sea basins.

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Empowering the energy transition

The project SEAGLOW (Sustainable Energy Applications for Green and Low-impact Operation of small-scale fishing boats in the Baltic and North Sea basins) aims to demonstrate the impact and potential of 5 different technological applications to reduce fossil fuel consumption and GHG emissions on small-scale fishing boats in the North and Baltic Sea basins.The project focuses on the comparison of available technologies through the industrial partners of the project and works towards developing and improving the applied technologies through the data collection from the applied cases with the goal of decreasing the environmental impact of the vessels.

SEAGLOW collects sensor data from the case vessels to measure the impact of the applied application over time as well as look into potential combinations of the technologies, which include hybrid electric drivetrains, methanol-powered engines, durable polymer-based surface coatings preventing fouling, reducing drag and improving engine performance, and using low-cost permanent sensors to influence sailing behaviour.

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The SEAGLOW Project  is supporting the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters” under Horizon Europe

Actions for the implementation of the mission by 2030 include:

  • Reducing dependency on fossil fuels.
  • Contributing to restoring marine ecosystems

Learn more about how the small-scale fishing sector is navigating the energy transition, thanks to innovative technologies tested by a multidisciplinary partnership. 

 

Advancing Knowledge and Technology

The SEAGLOW consortium recognises the challenges in the industry and the political directions established in the European Green Deal, and particularly the new approach for the blue economy, and will build interlinked, complementary, and cross-cutting pilot cases across the Baltic and North Sea, demonstrating suitable technologies, which can give short, medium, and long-term effects.

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HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-05 – Lighthouse in the Baltic and the North Sea basins – Green and energy-efficient small-scale fishing fleets – Project: 101157477 — SEAGLOW 

Photo credits for this page @ArgoMengel @Len Duevel @Seaglow