WASP, Interreg VB North Sea Region Programme

WASP

Welcome to the project website of WASP: Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion, funded by the Interreg North Sea Region Programme.

The WASP (Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion) project, funded by the Interreg North Sea Europe programme, part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to the tune of €5.4 million.

The project brings together universities, wind-assist technology providers with ship owners to research, trial and validate the operational performance of a selection of wind propulsion solutions on five vessels thus enabling wind propulsion technology market penetration and contributing to a greener North Sea transport system through harvesting the regions abundant wind potential.

This fully aligns with the wider programmes’ objective of promoting the development and adoption of products, services and processes to accelerate the greening of the North Sea Region.

The WASP project has the following objectives:

Wind Propulsion Technology proven concepts lead to greening of NSR sea transport
Identify the viable business cases for (hybrid) wind propulsion technologies
Facilitate a level playing field for WPT with policy instruments

The following project results are envisaged:

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