Theme 1: Sustainability and Emissions

Environmental sustainability is one of the most critical challenges facing the maritime industry today. To reduce its environmental impact, the sector needs to embrace new technologies and operational strategies aimed at lowering its environmental impact. Research in this area includes energy efficiency, alternative fuels, biodiversity, and eco-friendly practices etc.

Below you can find an overview of ongoing research projects. You can also search for recent publications based on the keywords below or via our search engine.

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A Just Sustainable Law in Deep Seabed Mining in the Anthropocene: The Case of Arctic and Greenland

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Accelerating the Energy Transition at Sea and on Land: Ports as Hubs

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Assessment of environmental risks in the transition to green fuels in the shipping industry

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BlueBARGE: Blue Bunkering of Anchored ships with Renewable Generated Electricity

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CARMA-Green Fuels Cross Mission Carbon Management

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ClimatePol: Climate adaptation and climate policy across borders

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Code of Conduct for Sustainable and Responsible Fisheries – with pelagic fisheries as a case study

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Competitive Renewable Energy Platforms Based on Shipbuilding Methods

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COmposites, Hybrid testing and SImulations for a disruptive Wave Energy Converter

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Constraints and trade-offs in the climate impact of fisheries

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EU Cost Action: Ocean Governance for Sustainability – challenges, options and the role of science

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Experimental Assessment of Sustainable Lignin Fuels for Marine Engines

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Facilitating the transition from fossil fuels to green alternatives to power ferries

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Fuel savings and emission reductions in the shipping industry through innovative propeller polishing robot technology

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Green fuels for sustainable transport

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Green Transitions in Port of Aalborg

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GreenHyScale – 100 MW Green hydrogen production in a replicable and scalable industrial hosting environment

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IMAGES: Impact Assessment of Green Shipping Corridors

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IntEgrated reversible CO2 heat pump to sail towards actual zero-emission ferries

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IntEgrated reversible CO2 heat pump to sail towards actual zero-emission ferries

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Integration and management of wind power in the Danish electricity system

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MARINE Systems Approaches for Biodiversity Resilience and Ecosystem Sustainability

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Marine Transition Fuels: Assessing the environmental risks of switching to CO2 neutral fuels in the shipping industry

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Material Integrity of the Carbon Capture Storage Infrastructure

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Monitoring Carbon Emissions of Ships

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Normalized Indicator for Carbon Emissions of Ships (NICE)

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PhD Project: Scour Forecasting for Offshore Wind Parks

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Premixed Combustion of Alternative Fuel in Two-stroke Marine Engines

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RESCUER: Resilient Solutions for Coastal, Urban, Estuarine and Riverine Environments

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SDU, Maritime Culture Lab, A diversity experiment. Researching sustainable diversity at sea

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Sensors & Senses: AI for Green Transition in Danish shipping

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Shaping Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management

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SLGreen – Green Transition of the Blue Denmark by focusing on digitalisation, decarbonisation and safety

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Smart, transparent and sustainable food supply chains (Digimat)

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SUSTAINABULK: Sustainable and efficient dry-bulk operation through improved forecasting and routing

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Creating Circular Economy Clusters for Sustainable Ship Recycling in Denmark

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RORO Green – Green RoRo Shipping through Digital Innovation