Green Platform Effort Spearheaded by the Norwegian Government
In just seven years, the shipping sector must accomplish a significant goal: cutting their emissions of greenhouse gases in half. Inefficient energy usage as a result of non-optimal trip planning and/or execution is a major contributor to the present CO2 footprint, which is 1.2 gigatonnes per year.
Businesses and academic institutions that are reorganizing and growing in an environmentally conscious way can apply for grants from the Green Platform Initiative. Their goal is to identify potential large-scale projects that might lead to the production of green value.
A project with the goal of using artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce shipping-related emissions has just received funding of NOK 44 million (about $4.2 million) from the Norwegian Government’s Green Platform program. The initiative is spearheaded by NAVTOR, an expert in electronic navigation, and is named Green AI for Sustainable Shipping (GASS).
According to NAVTOR, the current state of data-driven solutions for enhancing shipboard energy efficiency is lacking, mostly because of the intricate nature of ship operating environments and the difficulty in processing data, particularly incomplete and inaccurate AIS data.
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Gass Will Tackle This by Utilizing a Digital Twin in Their Method
NAVTOR sees this as a major victory in the fight for environmentally responsible shipping. Chief sustainability officer at NAVTOR Bjørn Åge Hjøllo notes that services that can monitor, evaluate, and optimize fuel usage are developed by combining a digital twin with a large quantity of data from boats.
The GASS partners, which include NAVTOR AS, Grieg Star AS, Maritime CleanTech, Scandinavian Reach Technologies AS, Simula Research Laboratory AS, SinOceanic Shipping AS, and Sustainable Energy AS, are excited to begin the project now that they have secured the necessary funding. The project’s goal is to help ship owners and operators mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, aid in the green transition, and improve their vessels’ performance so that they can stay competitive and meet the requirements of new agreements and regulations.
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Conscious Initiatives
A total of nine environmentally conscious initiatives have been granted money under the Green Platform program, including the GASS sustainable shipping project. The goal of the Green Platform is to hasten the green movement in companies. A crucial contribution to the government’s aims for green transition and economic growth is the assistance we are providing to these huge projects, and there is extremely exciting progress.
Funding for businesses and academic institutions involved in environmentally friendly growth and reorganization led by innovation and research is made available through the Green Platform Initiative, a partnership between Innovation Norway, Siva, and the Research Council of Norway.
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