Joint Operation for Ultra Low Emission Shipping (JOULES)
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | SSPA Sweden AB - SSPA Göteborg |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 388 000 |
| Project duration | June 2013 - May 2017 |
| Status | Completed |
Important results from the project
The JOULES (Joint Operation for Ultra Low Emission Shipping) project developed tools, ship design application cases, and carried out demonstrations to fulfill the goal of showing how the energy consumption and airborne emissions of European built ships could be significantly reduced in the future. To fulfill the objective of demonstrating and evaluating these future designs, a life cycle cost and performance assessment software solution was developed and tested for 11 different ship types that are built at European shipyards.
Expected long term effects
JOULES achieved the planned result of developing and evaluating ship designs with lower energy use and emissions using tools and methods developed within the project. The 11 ship application cases developed within the project were optimized with respect to energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions. The advanced designs for the near term 2025 scenario could achieve targeted reductions with measures focused on energy efficiency and energy recovery. To achieve reductions of greater than 50% GHGs for the 2050 scenario the uptake of sustainable fuels was found to be necessary.
Approach and implementation
Simulation models developed by the technology and equipment partners using functional mock-up interface (FMI) exchange standard and digital data sharing allowed the shipyard partners in the project to make holistic models of the entire ship energy grid. This facilitated optimization of the energy usage and emissions. The life cycle performance assessment software developed using inputs from partners including SSPA was used to show the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for the 2025 scenarios and the 2050 “next generation” scenarios as compared to the baseline scenario.