Evaluation, control and Mitigation of the EnviRonmental impacts of shippinG Emissions (EMERGE)
Forskningsprojekt, 2020
– 2024
The objectives of EMERGE are (i) to quantify and evaluate the effects of potential emission reduction solutions for shipping in Europe for several scenarios, and (ii) to develop effective strategies and measures to reduce the environmental impacts of shipping. EMERGE objectives will be achieved through real-world test cases involving measurements and modelling on actual vessels, along main shipping routes and in sensitive European marine regions. Given our unique capabilities, the EMERGE consortium is the only group that can model real world emissions of shipping to air and water for the whole of Europe.
The project will collect and synthesize experimental evidence on waste streams to water and emissions to air originating from ships, for different emission control technologies. The measurements will focus on abatement techniques and will include emissions to, and concentrations in water, air and marine biota. The project will especially investigate how effectively available scrubbers reduce the effects of key pollutants.
EMERGE includes five geographical case studies, in different ecologically vulnerable regions, and a mobile onboard case study. The case study regions are (i) Eastern Mediterranean (ii) Northern Adriatic Sea, (iii) the region surrounding the Lagoon of Aveiro, (iv) the Solent Strait and (v) the Öresund Strait. The mobile onboard case study will be deployed in various European sea regions.
EMERGE will develop an integrated modelling framework to assess the combined impacts of shipping emissions on the aquatic and atmospheric environments, and the effects on marine ecosystems. The assessment will include the benefits and costs of control and mitigation options affecting water quality, air pollution exposure, health impact, climate forcing and bioaccumulation of pollutants. EMERGE will provide recommendations and guidance for stakeholders and decision-makers on cost-beneficial options for sustainable use of shipping on the medium and long term.
Deltagare
Ida-Maja Hassellöv (kontakt)
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Maritima studier
Anna Lunde Hermansson
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Maritima studier
Amanda Nylund
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Maritima studier
Kent Salo
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Maritima studier
Erik Ytreberg
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Maritima studier
Samarbetspartners
Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis
Thessaloniki, Greece
Creative Nano
Athens, Greece
Danaos Rederi
Attika, Greece
FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA DE RECERCA DE L'AIGUA
Girona, Spain
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Helsingfors, Finland
Göteborgs universitet
Gothenburg, Sweden
Helsingforskonventionen HELCOM
Helsinki, Finland
IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet
Stockholm, Sweden
Internationales Institut fuer Angewandte Systemanalyse
Laxenburg, Austria
Maritime Institute of Eastern Mediterranean- MAR.IN.E.M
Lemesos, Cyprus
Meteorologisk institutt
Oslo, Norway
Oulun Yliopisto
Oulu, Finland
Panepistimion Aegaeou
Mytilene, Greece
Universidade de Aveiro
Aveiro, Portugal
Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia
Venice, Italy
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield, United Kingdom
University of Southampton
Southampton, United Kingdom
Finansiering
Europeiska kommissionen (EU)
Projekt-id: EC/H2020/874990
Finansierar Chalmers deltagande under 2020–2024
Relaterade styrkeområden och infrastruktur
Hållbar utveckling
Drivkrafter
Transport
Styrkeområden