Carnot is now a member of the Getting to Zero Coalition!
The Getting to Zero Coalition is managed by Global Maritime Forum, an organisation founded in 2019 by the World Economic Forum and Friends of the Ocean.
The Coalition brings together all major actors from the Marine industry including Shipping Companies, Port Operators, Shipyards, Engine Builders, Financial Partners, Academia, Technology providers, and Maritime Clusters, who come together with the shared ambition of delivering commercially viable Zero Emission vessels to the Maritime industry by 2030.
The Coalition has two key objectives:
- Support the deliver of first of a kind projects
- Deliver a comprehensive transition at scale.
The Carnot, Coalition Ethos
Carnot is already pioneering in these areas. Currently, both Diesel and Hydrogen engine programs are underway, with Ammonia and CH4 (LNG, Biomethane and Biogas) programs beginning shortly. The same engine can be used for all of these fuels, demonstrating Carnot’s fuel agnostic capability. This fuel flexible capability can also accelerate the transition, by reducing emissions immediately with Diesel before upgrading the same engine to use Zero Emissions Hydrogen or Ammonia when available.
By matching decarbonised fuels with lower costs, it is vital to reduce the volume of fuel used. With the revolutionary high efficiency Carnot Engines using half the fuel of conventional engine technology, the cost savings are achieved. It is the combination of simultaneously reducing cost, emissions and risk which is unique to the Carnot Engine.
Carnot is also delivering projects to prove this capability, with the UK’s first Hydrogen APU Sea Trials delivering in 2025. Transiting between Bristol & Belfast for 40 days across the Irish Sea, this project will demonstrate how Hydrogen can be used at sea, with all stakeholders and Classification Societies engaged.
Time to get going
The Carnot technology can be applied across the Maritime industry, including Auxiliary Engines, Power & Propulsion for Unmanned Surface Vessels, Hybrid Power for Pilot & Work Boats, Port Power and Cold Ironing plus Hybrid Main engines later in development.
Carnot is always looking for partners looking to try or adopt this technology so please get in touch to discuss any aspect of interest to you!
