£2m innovation grant to propel clean maritime research towards commercialisation
Bristol-based maritime engineering start-up WingTek, in collaboration with the National Composites Centre and the University of Bristol, has won a £2.2m innovation grant.
The funding from Innovate UK has been awarded under the Department for Transport's clean maritime demonstration competition.
It is to develop further the WingTek Wingsail, a unique Wind Auxiliary Propulsion (WAP) system designed to be retrofitted easily to existing commercial vessels.
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