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Fossil Free Marine and Swede Ship Composite has entered into agreement on production of a world's first, unmanned and fossil free, marine fuel station.
After a thorough procurement process involving leading composite shipyards in Sweden, Fossil Free Marine has selected Swede Ship Composite as supplier for the first full scale commercial unit of its newly developed unmanned floating marine fuel station. Production planning commences immediately, with production scheduled to start mid January 2022, for deployment and start of commercial operations during 1H 2022.
- This marks a major milestone for Fossil Free Marine, as we move from development phase into production of our first commercial product, says Karl-Oskar Tjernström, co-founder and CEO of Fossil Free Marine, and continous;
-I am immensely proud of the whole team at Fossil Free Marine, as it has truly been a massive undertaking to get to this point. In Swede Ship Composite, we feel we have found a supplier who genuinely understands and buys into our ambitious plans to change the way fuels are distributed in the marine sector, and take part in making boating sustainable on a global scale. I look forward to working together with Swede Ship to realize our vision with a breakthrough innovation, enabling financially viable, safe and environmentally friendly distribution of renewable fuels in large volumes.”
The first units are partly funded by grants from the so called “Climate Leap” (KlimatKlivet), The grant from KlimatKlivet is for “incremental costs associated with supplying renewable fuels”, and is part of a Swedish government scheme, in support of local climate investments. In their motivation, Naturvårdsverket says that the initiative is “…is among those that exhibit the highest sustainable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per invested krona (SEK)”.
The marine fuel station for fossil free drop-in fuel, designed by co-founder Niklas Sjöö, is a "world's first" and has a global patent pending and a design patent.
-We are humbled and proud to have been given the opportunity to produce the first commercial scale marine fuel station for Fossil Free Marine, says Bo Axelsson, President and CEO of Swede Ship Composite.
-Our skills in composite production as well as tailored solutions for demanding customers makes us uniquely positioned to tackle an engineering project like this. We look forward to being part of the exciting journey that Fossil Free Marine are embarking on, which is in line with the ambition of several of our core customers to make the transition to e.g HVO100 renewable diesel.
The first unit will be installed in a prime location near central Stockholm, enabling both pleasure boats and commercial traffic alike to make the needed shift to renewable fuel, with a modern turn-key solution that is both economically viable, safe and environmentally friendly.
About Swede Ship Composite:
Swede Ship Composite is a well renowned Swedish shipyard, headquartered in Hunnebostrand. Swede Ship Composite is part of the group of shipyards under Swede Ship Marine AB with shipyards in Gothenburg, Tjörn and Hunebostrand. Swede Ship Composite specializes in construction, and repair, of advanced vessels in composite for both commercial and military applications. Among its core customers are Swedish Police, Coast Guard and Military and the Swedish Sea Rescue Society (Sjöräddningssällskapet) as well as the Norwegian equivalent (Redningsselskapet).
About KlimatKlivet:
“The Climate Leap”, KlimatKlivet, is a Swedish government grant, dedicated to supporting local climate investments, with clear and measurable climate impact. The grant application process is administered by Naturvårdsverket and the local County Administrative Board (Länsstyrelsen). More about KlimatKlivet: https://www.naturvardsverket.se/amnesomraden/klimatomstallningen/klimatklivet)
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- Ekonomi, finans
Kategorier
- swede ship
- fossil free marine
- hvo100
- elbåtar
- sustainable boating
- fossilfree marine
- shipyard
- fossilfritt hav
- båtliv
- hållbart båtliv
- impact startup
- patent pending
- eboats
- fossilfree fuel
Fossil Free Marine (www.fossilfreemarine.com) is a Swedish impact scale-up, committed to making boating sustainable on a global scale, through infrastructure solutions that allow financially viable, safe and environmentally friendly distribution of renewable drop-in biofuels, and marine superchargers for fast charging of future electric boats. The business model is scalable, profitable and highly impactful and can make boating sustainable, all over the world. The company was founded in 2019, has finalized its first pre-seed financing round as well as received two grants from “The Climate Leap” (KlimatKlivet). Fossil Free Marine is a member of Norrsken House (www.norrsken.org).
