All about the WHISPER project
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About the WHISPER project
An energy transition project comprised of 14 partners, WHISPER, has been granted €9,2 million in funding from Horizon Europe, which will include retrofitting ships to achieve emission reductions.
The goal of the project is to develop a solution that can significantly reduce emissions from the long-distance maritime industry, which is responsible for around 2.5% of the world’s total CO2 emissions. The consortium of experts around Europe will develop a fully modular retrofit solution, comprising a wind-solar hybrid power system to significantly reduce auxiliary engine emissions and a tilting wingsail system to provide wind-assisted propulsion. WHISPER aims to demonstrate around 30% fuel savings on a retrofit bulk carrier and more than 15% on a retrofit containership, according to one of the partners participating in the project, French company AYRO.
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Project logo, marketing starter pack and website running
Authors: Stefania Antoniadou
Status: Subject to change Year: 2022 Deliverable number: D7.1 Publisher: Pensoft Publishers Pages: 25
SEA TRIALS on board Maria Topic and Helgafell
Concept designs by Stirling Design International
WHISPER Sea Trials aboard Samskip’s Helgafell: SideWind and Solbian