CEMEX and partners receive UK government funding for development of early-stage sustainable maritime technologies
CEMEX’s participation demonstrates its commitment to fostering partnerships with forward-thinking organisations as part of its efforts to achieve true carbon neutrality, in line with the Future in Action program.
The project will investigate the feasibility of developing a shore power energy delivery system incorporating battery energy storage, capable of meeting the electrical load requirements of self-discharging commercial cargo vessels; utilising energy derived from carbon free sources. The study will focus on a solution for the CEMEX Go Innovation, which is already the industry’s most modern and efficient aggregates dredger.
Laurence Dagley, Operational Excellence and Business Development Director for CEMEX West Europe materials commented: “Our commitment to sustainability means we are examining every aspect of our operation to cut emissions, including in our marine business. We are very proud to have received this funding from the UK Government for the project, which will also explore the whole-ship energy efficiency, design, and integration to identify areas where systems can be improved, replaced, or removed to reduce the energy requirements.
“Additionally, this project could help our vessels meet potential forthcoming 'emissions at berth' regulation while contributing to the UK Government’s Clean Maritime objectives.”
Phil Alston, commercial director at iconsys said: “We’re delighted to have been awarded funding for this project and to be working alongside CEMEX and University of Warwick to further develop shore power technology. It helps to further validate iConvert™ as a world-leading product for shore power.”
Andrew McGordon, Reader at WMG, University of Warwick, commented “We’re excited to have been awarded funding for this project, alongside iconsys and CEMEX, to further develop our innovative marine systems energy modelling work to help identify energy reductions, emission and cost benefits in the sector”.
The Department of Transport has agreed this funding as part of the clean maritime demonstration competition (CMDC), which will help innovative companies and scientists make emission-free maritime a reality.
For more information, visit: https://www.cemex.com/sustainability/future-in-action
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Notes to Editors:
CEMEX announced its Climate Action strategy; ‘Future in Action – Committed to Net Zero CO2’ in February 2020, and as part of this, by 2030 it plans:
• To be below 475kg of CO2 per ton of cementitious material, equivalent to a 40% reduction*.
• To reduce the carbon content per cubic meter of concrete to 165kg, equivalent to a 35% reduction.
• To reach 55% in clean electricity consumption by 2030.
• To reduce Scope 3 emissions by 20% by 2030.
• For Vertua lower-carbon to account for majority (50%+) of cement and concrete sales by 2025.
• To manage up to 40M tons of waste per year by 2030.
* According to our 1990 baseline
About CEMEX:
CEMEX is a global construction materials company that is building a better future through sustainable products and solutions. CEMEX is committed to achieving carbon neutrality through relentless innovation and industry-leading research and development. CEMEX is at the forefront of the circular economy in the construction value chain and is pioneering ways to increase the use of waste and residues as alternative raw materials and fuels in its operations with the use of new technologies.
CEMEX offers cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and urbanization solutions in growing markets around the world, powered by a multinational workforce focused on providing a superior customer experience, enabled by digital technologies. For more information please visit: www.cemex.com
About iconsys
Based in Telford, Shropshire and founded in 1987, iconsys is a leading UK-based power and automation solutions provider and systems integrator. Well-established and highly respected, combining innovative technologies with extensive industry knowledge and experience, supporting customers throughout the asset lifecycle to enhance the performance of their business.
iconsys has proven experience and application knowledge in industries including, but not limited to, metals, marine, automotive, plastics, paper, transportation, materials handling and general manufacturing.
iconsys’ strength lies in the strong forged partnerships with many of the major equipment manufacturers, enabling it to offer customers a truly independent choice in the design of systems to suit the application.
For all media and business information please contact:
Guy Black guy.black@iconsys.co.uk
Marketing Manager
+44 (0) 1952607300
For any technical information please contact
Tim Munn tim.munn@iconsys.co.uk
Business Development Consultant (Marine & Ports)
+44 (0) 7938893134
About the University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is one of the world’s leading research institutions, ranked in the UK’s top 10 universities. Since its foundation in 1965 Warwick has established a reputation of scientific excellence, through the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine (which includes WMG and the Warwick Medical School).
For media enquiries, please contact Simmie.korotane@warwick.ac.uk
About CMDC2
The Smart Shore Power system with energy storage project is part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2 (CMDC2) which was launched in May 2022, funded by the Department for Transport and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK. As part of the CMDC2, the Department allocated over £14m to 31 projects supported by 121 organisations from across the UK to deliver feasibility studies and collaborative R&D projects in clean maritime solutions.
The CMDC2 is part of the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emission’s (UK SHORE) flagship multi-year CMDC programme. In March 2022, the Department announced the biggest government investment ever in our UK commercial maritime sector, allocating £206m to UK SHORE, a new division within the Department for Transport focused on decarbonising the maritime sector. UK SHORE is delivering a suite of interventions throughout 2022-2025 aimed at accelerating the design, manufacture and operation of UK-made clean maritime technologies and unlocking an industry-led transition to Net Zero.