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The UK government has selected winners that will receive a total of £30 million (about €34.4 million) in funding to decarbonize shipping and power up local economies.
Courtesy of GT Wings
Announced during Maritime Minister Mike Kane’s visit to Clydeport in Glasgow on July 24, 2025, the funding has been described as “crucial” in supporting the green fuels and technologies of the future.
Awarded from the sixth round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC), successful companies will be given a share of funding to support the development of clean maritime fuels and technologies such as ammonia, hydrogen, methanol, solar and electric.
Among the recipients is GT Wings, the UK-based wind propulsion company behind AirWing, the world’s ‘first’ commercially available jet sail, which received an additional £1 million in funding through CMDC6.
Investment in green fuels is expected to revitalize coastal communities by growing local economies and boosting jobs and skills.
CMDC has provided over £136 million funding to date to 142 organisations, as part of the wider UK SHORE funding – the government’s flagship program dedicated to decarbonizing maritime – for over 300 organizations, including 250 SMEs.
Successful projects include the installation of electric chargepoint networks across ports, including at Aberdeen, the demonstration of an electric crew transfer vessel at Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, and the demonstration of a green hydrogen shore power system at the port of Leith.
“It’s so exciting to see investment in green fuels and technologies spurring on skills, innovation and manufacturing across the UK, delivering on our Plan for Change missions to kickstart economic growth and become a clean energy superpower,” Kane commented.
“We’ve charted a course to net zero shipping by 2050 and this £30 million will be crucial in supporting the green fuels and technologies of the future, so we can clean up sea travel and trade.”
During his visit to Clydeport, the minister met with workers from the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, which is looking to help Smart Green Shipping scale up the manufacturing of the FastRig windsail going forward. Built nearby in Glasgow, the FastRig is a high-tech wing sail which can be installed onto vessels, reducing fuel use and emissions by up to 40% per annum. The project received £3.3 million from the third round of the CMDC and has now been successfully deployed at sea.
“Clean maritime is a vital part of a wider mission to decarbonise transport. Advanced manufacturing is critical to enable companies to scale up novel solutions that deliver emissions reductions and allow the creation of new jobs in these industries of the future,” Chris Courtney, CEO, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, said.
“We’ve spent the past 2 years working on the CMDC-funded MariLight projects, led by Glasgow-based Malin Marine Consultants,