{"id":4587,"date":"2022-12-23T12:35:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/?page_id=4587"},"modified":"2023-02-06T17:17:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:17:14","slug":"marine-zero-emission-propulsion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/funding-and-research\/green-innovation-fund\/marine-zero-emission-propulsion\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Zero Emission Propulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EVParts Ltd, an engineering technology company based in llfracombe, are using Green Innovation Funding to create a marine certified energy storage system. They have experience in developing electric batteries to power both motorsport and leisure vehicles and were part of the team who created the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinebusinesstechnologycentre.co.uk\/case-study-evoyager-the-uks-first-electric-ferry\/\" rel=\"noopener\">eVoyager<\/a>, the UK&#8217;s first electric ferry.<\/p>\n<p>Enabling clean mobility is a key part of the Net Zero transition, with transportation methods across land, air, and sea all needing to decarbonise. The electrification of boats presents a unique set of challenges, as batteries require rigorous testing to ensure they are safe for use in a marine environment.<\/p>\n<p>The grant is supporting the development and certification of the energy storage system; the first of its kind in the UK. EVParts will fit a prototype vessel with the battery to demonstrate the benefits and great potential of using electrically propelled vehicles in the marine industry.<\/p>\n<p>There are significant co-benefits to transitioning away from the use of diesel in marine propulsion. These include improved water quality, promotion of marine life, and reducing noise pollution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVParts Ltd, an engineering technology company based in llfracombe, are using Green Innovation Funding to create a marine certified energy storage system. They have experience in developing electric batteries to power both motorsport and leisure vehicles and were part of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/funding-and-research\/green-innovation-fund\/marine-zero-emission-propulsion\/\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Marine Zero Emission Propulsion\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2551,"featured_media":0,"parent":4079,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4587","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 11:22:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2551"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4587"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4614,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4587\/revisions\/4614"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}