01. About the project
Work packages
REFEST is a 36 months (3 years) project from May 2024 to April 2026 and it is organized in 7 main work packages including different activites.
WP1
Retrofit requirements of selected fishing vessels. Impact assessment on marine environment & its biodiversity
Objectives:
- Identify the opportunities and barriers of selected technologies to their deployment in ships.
- Define case studies and potential retrofitting solutions to be implemented in each one.
- Measure and describe impact on marine environment & its biodiversity.
- Collect data analysis and strategic guidelines for emissions, underwater noise and other environmental parameters measurement campaigns (before and after vessels modifications) .
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WP2
Simulation & design of Hull appendages. Sensors’ integration
Objectives:
- Design the hull appendages to significantly improve the hydrodynamics of current ships.
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WP3
Battery packs, PV panels, electrical power management
Objectives:
- Increase ship efficiency awareness among ship operators and crew with a benchmark of before and after retrofit energy consumption via Sankey diagrams.
- Integrate the Battery and other energy efficient retrofit technologies with the energy management system, focusing on microgrids and charging point scenarios.
- Improve the efficiency and the useful life of the battery
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WP4
Hybrid Engine, Eco-driving & air lubrication solutions
Objectives:
- Implement an advanced propulsion system a
- Designan air lubrication system suitable for the hull drag reduction.
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WP5
Retrofit solutions scale-up and integration in fishing vessels
Objectives:
- Scale-up all the solutions optimized in WP1 to WP4 to be deployed in the three ships.
- GEMI, LFPA and TUCO will retrofit one of their ships to reduce their current GHG emissions up to 40%.
- A full validation in real sea water will be performed with different sea conditions.
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WP6
Environmental, economic, social, & regulatory gap assessment
Objectives:
- Study the environmental suitability & impact of the target retrofitting solutions by a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cost analysis (LCC), Social Acceptance and Social Awareness Assessment.
- Determine overall economic effects and benefits of implementing the developed
- Ensure that REFEST’s proposed solutions comply with the relevant regulatory, toxicology, and Health & Safety landscape.
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WP7
Dissemination, Communication, Exploitation, Market Validation, Standards, Training and Skills Assessment
Objectives:
- Disseminate the results and communicate the project and its relevance making all well known to all relevant stakeholders, maximizing the expected impacts of REFEST
- Maximize the exploitation of the project results to the benefit of the REFEST partners and to improve the competitiveness of the EU Blue economy
- Secure knowledge transfer and protect the Intellectual property rights (IPR)
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WP8
Project Management
Objectives:
- Ensure the management procedures are implemented through Project Management and Administration structure to coordinate all the bodies involved
- Carry out a comprehensive project management activity to manage and optimise the application of resources in the consortium
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REFEST Project Status
WP1 Retrofit requirements of selected fishing vessels. Impact assessment on marine environment & its biodiversity
WP1 Retrofit requirements of selected fishing vessels. Impact assessment on marine environment & its biodiversity
WP2 Simulation & design of Hull appendages. Sensors’ integration
WP2 Simulation & design of Hull appendages. Sensors’ integration
WP3 Battery packs, PV panels, electrical power management
WP3 Battery packs, PV panels, electrical power management
WP4 Hybrid Engine, Eco-driving & air lubrication solutions
WP4 Hybrid Engine, Eco-driving & air lubrication solutions
WP5 Retrofit solutions scale-up and integration in fishing vessels
WP5 Retrofit solutions scale-up and integration in fishing vessels
WP6 Environmental, economic, social, & regulatory gap assessment
WP6 Environmental, economic, social, & regulatory gap assessment
WP7 Dissemination, Communication, Exploitation, Market Validation, Standards, Training and Skills Assessment
WP7 Dissemination, Communication, Exploitation, Market Validation, Standards, Training and Skills Assessment
WP8 Project Management
WP8 Project Management