Projects

Project AENEAS focuses on developing innovative energy storage systems specifically designed for use on board vessels. Launched on February 1, 2023, the project aims to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of energy management in maritime operations. By collaborating with various partners across EU countries, AENEAS seeks to address the growing need for advanced energy solutions in the shipping industry, ultimately contributing to a greener and more sustainable maritime sector.

The CEEC (Center of Excellence for Exascale Computational Fluid Dynamics) project is a collaboration among ten institutes from five European countries focused on advancing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) at the exascale level. It targets key engineering domains such as aeronautics, addressing challenges like shock-boundary layer interactions and buffet effects on aircraft. The project aims to develop high-fidelity simulations and optimize designs through topology optimization. By promoting interdisciplinary collaboration between computer science and engineering, CEEC seeks to tackle grand challenges in engineering and atmospheric sciences, ultimately enhancing CFD capabilities and fostering innovations in applications like aerospace and environmental engineering.

Preceded by FOSTER-ROAD (2013-2016), FUTURE-RADAR (2017-2020), and FUTURE-HORIZON (2021-2023), STREnGth_M aims to contribute to the planning of research and innovation in Europe by:

• Specifying future research needs in road transport.
• Updating and supporting the coordination of strategic research agendas and roadmaps in the field.
• Facilitating continuous exchange between road transport research-related Horizon Europe partnerships and platforms.
• Identifying existing barriers to the deployment of research results on European and international levels.
• Measuring the feasibility of innovative solutions for prospective and emerging markets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

The VERA Project focuses on developing and optimizing innovative retrofit solutions for vehicle emissions, specifically targeting tailpipe and brake emissions. This initiative aims to address the challenges posed by particulate matter (sub-23nm) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from road vehicles, particularly those with high mileage operating in urban environments, such as taxis, delivery vans, and buses.

RSENSE, a 5-year research and innovation program funded by the EU under H2020, brings together engineers and physicians from four European countries aiming for a new and innovative, disruptive technology of spectral portable optoacoustics (sPROPT). sPROPT will revolutionize environmental sensing by allowing sensitive, disseminated, in-vehicle measurements and monitoring for on-board diagnosis by using advanced optoacoustic technology methods.

SCIPPER is a European project which aims at deploying state-of-art and next-generation measurement techniques to monitor emissions of vessels under their normal operation. 

SCIPPER objectives are achieved in five real-world experimental campaigns involving actual vessels and the largest ports in the EU. A mirror activity in Asia has been scheduled to validate results obtained in the EU.

This project aims to investigate the possibility of creating local value chains that provide e-methanol as a shipping fuel in the ports of Valencia and Thessaloniki. The production of e-methanol requires CO₂, H₂ and green energy. By creating a local energy and material flow, the POSEIDON project aims to produce fuel suitable for ships and vessels, while also creating a community of circular economy.

In line with the European 2050 goals ESCALATE aims to demonstrate high-efficiency zHDV powertrains (up to 10% increase) for long-haul applications that will provide a range of 800 km without refueling/recharging and cover at least 500 km average daily operation (6+ months) in real conditions. 

ESCALATE will achieve this by following modularity and scalability approach starting from the β-level of hardware and software innovations and aiming to reach the γ-level in the first sprint and eventually the δ-level at the project end through its 2 sprint-V-cycle.

ENGIMMONIA tackles IMO challenges targeting decarbonization by proving the capabilities and the key role of ammonia as the most promising clean fuel for the future of the shipping sector, demonstrating clean energy solutions for on-board electricity and HVAC, fostering replicability at business, regulatory, policy and naval classification.

nPETS proposes a cross-sectoral concept that describes the nPETS research activities to assess the emissions of nanoparticles from all transport modes, as illustrated in the following Figure. Quantification and monitoring of sub 100 nm emissions is performed both in a controlled laboratory environment and in field studies.