Written question asked by Stephen Morgan (Labour) on Thursday, 9 March 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 March 2023. It was answered by Richard Holden (Conservative) on Friday, 17 March 2023 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department will take to (a) prioritise funding for the Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition and (b) ensure that this funding is spent on increasing and improving clean maritime technologies.

Answer: The Zero Emissions and Vessels and Infrastructure Scheme (ZEVI) was launched on 6 February 2023. It is a key scheme of the £206m UK SHORE programme, demonstrating high Technology Readiness Level vessels and infrastructure as part of the pipeline accelerating clean maritime technologies towards commercial readiness. The £77m of match funding under ZEVI is available to fund the construction and set-up of projects until March 2025, with project partners covering all costs of demonstrating in an operational environment for the following three years. This ZEVI funding will be allocated to projects via fair and open competition as run and operated by Innovate UK. Deadline for applications is 19 April 2023 and projects will be scored on the innovation demonstrated within their projects as well as how they will share knowledge and develop the clean maritime market beyond this. Full criteria details can be found here.

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