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FOREMAST
Funded by the Horizon Europe programme, the 3-year long FOREMAST project will address the urgent need for sustainable transport solutions in urban and coastal areas, with the aim to create a paradigm shift towards cleaner and more efficient logistics. The “SFAZ” vessel, to be developed within the project, will allow the sustainable transport of goods along inland waterways, reducing road congestion, lowering emissions and improving overall accessibility.
Shaping & Financing the future of transports
sHYps
sHYpS aims at supporting the decarbonisation of the shipping industry, by leveraging on previous and on-going work and investment made by the consortium members. The project will develop a novel LH2 swappable storage solution, which can be adapted to multiple types of vessels and speed up achieving IMO’s target for 2030 and 2050.
ReNEW
ReNEW is a 3-year long project funded by Horizon Europe supporting the transition of Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) to smart, green, sustainable & climate-resilient sector.24 ReNEW partners from 11 countries will also play a key role in promoting economic growth and minimising the negative impact on the environment and significant and lasting degradation of ecosystems.
SEAMLESS
SEAMLESS aims at developing and adapting missing technology building blocks and key enabling technologies into a fully automated, economically viable, cost-effective, and resilient waterborne freight feeder service for Short Sea Shipping (SSS) and Inland Waterways Transport (IWT).
AUTOSHIP
Autonomous Shipping Initiative for European Waters – aims at speeding-up the transition towards a next generation of autonomous ships in EU. The project will build and operate 2 different autonomous vessels, demonstrating their operative capabilities in Short Sea Shipping and Inland Water Way scenarios, with a focus on cargo transport.
Urban Mobility & Logistics
DISCO
Transforming urban logistics to a different beat. We are a Horizon Europe co-funded project supporting European cities in fast-tracking upscaling to a new generation of urban logistics and smart planning frameworks, enabling the transition to decarbonised and digital cities, delivering innovative tools and methods, and changing the urban logistics and planning paradigm with a Physical Internet (PI) – led approach.
SPINE
The SPINE consortium consists of experienced professionals, including transport engineers, public transport operators, computer scientists, data analysts, transport modelers, social scientists, urban planners, policy analysts, and software providers, who will provide a comprehensive approach to the challenges, scope, and expected impact of the project.
Multimodality & Interoperability
PLANET
PLANET addresses the challenges of assessing the impact of emerging global trade corridors on the TEN-T network and ensuring effective integration of the European to the Global Network by focusing in two key R&D pillars.
SYNCHROMODE
SYNCHROMODE is a three-year Horizon Europe (2023-2026) project that will deliver a suite of services for improving the overall transport network management, fostering the coordination of different agents involved in the provision and control of the transport services. Our three innovative services are a transport network-wide data exchange system, a cooperative dashboard for real-time monitoring, and a resilient multimodal transport network support tool.
Aviation
MINIMAL
The MINIMAL project will contribute to a radical transformation in air-transport by providing technology that will, in collaboration with the aviation ecosystem, substantially reduce the climate impact of aviation.
Capacity building & Best practices
CLEVER
Accelerating greener transport. Cleverly. Creating legitimate emission factos for verified GHG emission reductions in transport. Demand for transport services is increasing, meaning that transport GHG emissions are projected to increase in absolute terms and even more so as a proportion of the total as other sectors of the economy begin to address and reduce their emissions. Therefore, gaining an accurate picture of GHG emissions from transport activity is a clear priority if we are to meet the GHG emission reduction targets set out in the Paris Climate agreement.
ENTRANCE
ENTRANCE offers a common and legitimate European Matchmaking Platform, called ARRIVAL, and complementary off-line services designed to mobilise financial resources to accelerate access to market and scaling up of “first of a kind” sustainable transport solutions. As a result, ENTRANCE aims to contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and pollutants caused by the transport and mobility sectors in Europe.
Rail
Port of Amsterdam
Port of Amsterdam aims to implement onshore power supply facilities at the port in order to decrease GHG-emissions and facilitate a healthier living environment in the city of Amsterdam. This Action consists of the development of an onshore power supply (OPS) facility for sea cruise at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA). This terminal is located on the TEN-T core network. EGEN supported Port of Amsterdam with acquiring a € 6 million grant from the CEF Transport programme.
FokkerNextGen
FokkerNextGen aims to develop a Hydrogen Aircraft as OEM with accredited partners by designing and testing liquid hydrogen combustion engine technology, hydrogen tank technology, and integration of hydrogen engine and tank in the overall aircraft. EGEN, ARTTIC, and PNO Consultants supported FokkerNextGen amongst others with a successful application for a Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking Membership and Strategic Research Innovation Agenda. This CAJU agenda will form the basis for coming new Horizon Europe calls.
RWG
Zero-emission container handling operations will be realized by investments in recharging facilities and zero-emission port vehicles and equipment, all used for the performance of port services and operations in the maritime core port of Rotterdam. This project consists of electric reach stackers, electric heavy forklift, and electric terminal trucks. EGEN supported RWG with acquiring a € 2,5 million grant from the CEF AFIF Transport programme.
GATX
GATX Rail Austria aims to reduce rail freight noise on all European TEN-T core network corridors. In this project, GATX will retrofit 9,949 S-type freight wagons with composite brake blocks compliant with the technical specifications for interoperability. In the long run, this project will contribute to reduce the level of noise nuisance that affect people living close to railway lines. EGEN supported GATX with acquiring a € 10.9 million grant from the CEF Transport programme.
Provincie Limburg
The Rhombus system spans important parts of the extensive inland waterway network in the south of the Netherlands and the Belgian province of Limburg. The project aims to upgrade infrastructure for waterborne operations at three locations on the Meuse river and Albertkanaal, resulting in additional capacity and deployment of Vb-class vessels. EGEN supported the consortium with acquiring a € 10.2 million grant from the CEF Transport programme.
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With over 30 years of experience, PNO Consultants can help you through all steps within the innovation cycle. If you are working on an innovation and you need help developing, scaling, funding and exploiting it, do not hesitate to contact one of our consultants.
We believe that innovation is a crucial driver in solving challenges, and that impactful innovation can only be achieved together. Through its group members, PNO offers full collaborative expertise and capacity to help organisations successfully initiate, fund, manage and implement innovation. We guide SMEs, corporates, RTOs, research institutes and academia through the complicated world of Horizon Europe funding by the knowledge we have gathered on how to make successful strategic innovation plans from an impact point of view.
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