Press Conference: “Emission-Free High Sea Navigation: Researchers from Graz Take the Helm Europe-Wide”

Breakthrough against traffic generated air pollution: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 97 percent at the highest degree of energy efficiency is the goal of the Europe-wide innovation project HyMethShip, which has been granted a 9.2 million euro budget. The helm of the marine research project is in Graz – the captain being the LEC at the Graz University of Technology. This is also where the demonstrator of the entire ship propulsion system will be built. Out of 26 entries only 2 were granted the additional funding, one of them being HyMethShip.

Laiminger, Kainz, Wimmer, Steinrück

Infografik HyMethShip Konzept (c) LEC GmbH

Wimmer, Kainz, Laiminger, Steinrück

Date: Wed, 13th of June 2018, 9:30 am

Location: LEC GmbH, Inffeldgasse 19/EG, 8010 Graz

The experts on the podium were:

Harald Kainz, Rector of the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and owner representative of the LEC
Andreas Wimmer,, CEO of the Large Engines Competence Center (LEC) and deputy director of the Institute of Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics (IVT) at the TU Graz
Stephan Laiminger, GE Power, LEC owner representative and industry partner
Peter Steinrück, HOERBIGER, LEC owner representative and industry partner

The following questions were answered in the discussion:

How is it, that in a landlocked city like Graz there is such high competence for emission free ship propulsion of all things? How have the LEC and the TU Graz developed Europe-wide leadership in this area?
What are the special challenges with sustainability in the marine sector?
Which possibilities are linked to HyMethShip for Graz and Austria? How does the general public profit from it?
What distinguishes the strong consortium comoposed of members from 6 EU states?
How can it be guaranteed that the project will result in marketable innovations so that the goals can be achieved?

All information about the event are available for download. The use of the documents and pictures is permitted without charge if the copyright LEC GmbH is declared.
All documents are in German.

Presentation held by Dr. Wimmer: „Emissionsfreie Hochseeschifffahrt: Grazer Forscher übernehmen europaweit das Steuer“ (pdf)

Press Information HyMethShip (pdf)

Foto Download (zip 17MB)

Infographic HyMethShip Conzept (jpg)

For inquiries please contact:

Nina Simon
nina.simon@lec.tugraz.at
+43-664-4264040