Projects
POSEIDON
Propulsion Of Ships with E-methanol In favour of the Decarbonisation Of Naval transport
Projects
Propulsion Of Ships with E-methanol In favour of the Decarbonisation Of Naval transport
Key Facts
Funding Agency
HORIZON EUROPE – CINEA
Project Call
HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02
Duration
01/09/2023 - 31/08/2027
Coordinator
EIFER
Partners
Electricité de France (EDF)
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)
RINA S.p.A. (RINA)
Fundación Valenciaport (FVP)
Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD)
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Intelligent CarbOn DiOxide Solutions GmbH (ICODOS)
Fincantieri S.p.A. (FC)
Isotta Fraschini Motori S.p.A. (IFM)
Winterthur Gas & Diesel – WinGD
Steinbeis Innovation gGmbH (Steinbeis)
Global Omnium Medioambiente S.L. (GOMSL)
ThPA S.A. – Port of Thessaloniki (ThPA)
Center for Research & Technology HELLAS (CERTH)
Instituto di Scienze e Tecnologie per l’Energia e la Mobilità Sostenbili – CNR (STEMS)
Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA)
CAO Hellas Macedonia
CAO Hellas Natural Chemicals
Asociacion Espanola de la Biomasa (AVEBIOM)
Project Objectives
POSEIDON aims at demonstrating the use of e-methanol for the decarbonization of the shipping sector along the value chain steps and at implementing local value chains in two major European ports:
- Port of Valencia (ES): use of biogenic CO₂ coming from the biogas plant of a wastewater treatment plant
- Port of Thessaloniki (GR): use of industrial CO₂ coming from lime production plants
Main innovations and project results
- New technical and economic pathways to use biogenic and unavoidable industrial CO₂ sources as feedstock for e-methanol production
- Scaled up Power-to-Methanol pilot plant to produce up to 750 liters of e-methanol per day out of CO₂, H₂ and renewable power
- Qualified 2 and 4-strokes internal combustion engines able to run on e-methanol
- Newly developed modeling tool to evaluate various e-methanol based value chains and assess their impacts
- Establishment of local communities of practice (COPs) in Valencia and Thessaloniki to strengthen cooperation between partners and pave the way for the future implementation of innovative value chains focusing on renewable fuels
Port of Valencia, Spain
EIFER’s Contribution
Leader of the work package dedicated to the identification of value chain requirements / barriers and creation of local communities of practice (COPs)
Responsible for the value chain modelling and replication tools
The expected outcomes are having scientific impact and economic/technological impact, in detail:
- Coordination of the project
- Leader for the analysis of market potential for feedstock conversion into e-methanol
- Complete portfolio of value chain and key stakeholders
- Develop a maritime decarbonisation roadmap
- Position the project with regard to other alternatives
Contact
Dr. Julian Dailly Julian.dailly@eifer.org
This project has received funding from the European Union’s research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101117616. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor CINEA can be held responsible for them.
