UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.
- Competition opens: Thursday 26 March 2026
- Competition closes: Wednesday 16 September 2026 11:00am
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will work with the Department for Transport (DfT) to invest up to £150 million in innovation projects.
These projects will develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment.
The Zero Emission Vessel and Infrastructure Round 2 (ZEVI 2) competition is part of a suite of interventions launched by the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE) programme.
The overall aim of this competition is to fund UK business led development and build of innovative clean maritime technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Successful projects will be required to demonstrate their technology for three years without funding support.
The three strands of the competition will fund:
- Alternative fuel vessels
- Alternative fuel bunkering and storage infrastructure within ports
- 100% battery electric vessels
- Vessel charging infrastructure
- Shore power and port energy infrastructure
- Vessel energy efficiency technology
Your proposal must build, deploy and operate for three years innovative clean maritime technologies focussed on on-vessel technologies and any related shoreside infrastructure, including at ports, harbours, inland waterways, marinas and offshore.
Click Here for further information about this competition on the government website
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