The Defence and Security
Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch a new Market
Exploration called Hybridisation of the Naval
Fleet, which aims to identify hybrid powertrain technologies
for Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships.
This Market Exploration is being run on behalf of the UK Ministry
of Defence (MOD) Naval Ships Support Central Engineering Team and
seeks hybrid powertrain technologies to explore options that will
implemented by 2030, to aid the defence environmental
sustainability strategy to reduce carbon emissions by 2050.
Proposals submitted to this Market Exploration should be at
Technology Readiness
Levels (TRLs) 5-9.
Do you have an innovative
solution? Read the full Market Exploration now and submit your
idea
Using hybrid engines to reduce the emissions of Royal Navy and
Auxiliary ships hybrid powertrain solutions for RN and RFA ships
could reduce emissions by 20-40% by 2030. We want to understand
the hybrid powertrain market for ships that meet the capability
requirements for Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), as
solutions will be retrofitted to ships.
We are seeking solutions per vessel, based around electrification
(AC as well as DC) and electrical storage. Solutions will be able
to be retrofitted to current vessels and will not have a negative
impact on their individual operational capability. Preferable
solutions will be weight saving or neutral.
What kind of ships will solutions need to be implemented
on?
• mass of 65,000 Tonnes at a speed of no less than 25 Knots •
mass of 6,900 Tonnes at a minimum of 26 Knots • mass of 7,350
Tonnes at a minimum speed requirement of 32 Knots
Do you have an in-depth understanding of emerging capabilities,
technologies, initiatives and novel approaches that may help
better our understanding of the hybrid powertrain market? Submit
an idea and help inform UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Naval Ships
Support Central Engineering Team in methods for reducing carbon
emissions in the Royal Navy.
Submit your innovation
Read the full Market
Exploration document and submit your innovation
