MARIN, joined by the consortium outlined below, has successfully initiated the project Optiwise, an EU funded research and innovation project aiming to improve and demonstrate energy savings using wind propulsion and hydrodynamic improvements in propulsion.
Partners working together in this MARIN coordinated project:
MARIN, CORE IC, SSPA, AYRO, CHANTIERS DE L’ATLANTIQUE, FLIKKEMA INNOVATION MANAGEMENT & CONSULTANCY, WARTSILA NETHERLANDS, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA, EURONAV & ANEMOI MARINE TECHNOLOGIES.
The EU call requested solutions for energy savings of at least 10% for single measures and 20% for combined measures. In response, the Optiwise consortium defined the following ambition:
The Optiwise project will pursue its objectives through close inspection of three operational use cases:
