Lead partner
Name: Gdańsk University of Technology
http://www.pg.edu.pl/
Address: Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk
Region/Subregion: Pomorskie
Country: Poland
Name: Linnaeus University
http://www.lnu.se/
Address: Univeritetsplatsen 1, Växjö, 35195,
Region/Subregion: Kronobergs län SE212, Småland med öarna, Södra Sverige
Country: Sweden
Project Partners Member States
DE, LT, PL, SE
Name: Klaipėda University
https://www.ku.lt/
Address: Herkaus Manto st. 84, Klaipėda, LT-92294
Region/Subregion: Klaipedos apskritis
Country: Lithuania
Name: Polish Naval Academy of the Heroes of Wersterplatte
Country: Poland
Name: Pomeranian Special Economic Zone Ltd.
Country: Poland
Name: University of Applied Science Stralsund
https://www.hochschule-stralsund.de/
Address: Zur Schwedenschanze 15 18435 Stralsund
Region/Subregion: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country: Germany
The aim of the SOVtBAL project consists in producing a concept design for an autonomous or semi-autonomous, ecological hybrid-driven vessel, supporting the operations of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea and other seas.
The offshore renewables sector is still intensely dependent on human intervention across the entire lifecycle – from site assessment and installation to routine operations and maintenance. The next generation of vessels considers major improvements in ship design including alternative propulsion and fuelling methods. These could include electric, hybrid and hydrogen and offer offshore charge. Hydrogen drive is considered to be the future of transport. The seed funding allows specialists from many fields to meet in order to develop assumptions for a large interdisciplinary project, and to build real vessels.
