Towards zero-emissions by fuel-flexible technologies

Flexible solutions for maritime transport and off-road machinery

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The first Flex-CPT project-related Master’s thesis by Anni-Rosa Apilainen examines emissions from diesel engines. The primary goal of…

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The project collaborates with Wuhan University of Technology to study ignition properties and reaction kinetics of methanol-hydrotreated vegetable…

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We successfully launched our project with a kick-off event on 5–6 November 2024 that brought together all the…

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Towards zero-emissions by fuel-flexible technologies – We are excited to introduce the Flexible Clean Propulsion Technologies project. We…

Briefly

Flexible Clean Propulsion Technologies

The Flexible Clean Propulsion Technologies project consortium develops innovative solutions for maritime transport and off-road machinery. The goal is to reduce dependency on single fuel types while advancing flexible hardware design, smart combustion control and advanced emission/energy management. These solutions will foster over twenty new product-market combinations, addressing the greenhouse gas emission challenge, while mitigating issues related to platform versatility and calibration complexity.

With 17 partners and a budget of 18 million euros, this project will establish a realistic path taking the Finnish powertrain industry towards carbon neutrality, shaping the future of the marine and off-road sectors for decades to come. The Flex-CPT project is primarily funded by Business Finland, with additional support from participating companies and research organisations.

In numbers

12 Consortium
Partners
1 Work
Packages
Project timeline 2024 2027

Total budget

18,3M €

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Public research
project budget

9,2M €

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Previous project

Clean Propulsion
Technologies

The Flexible Clean Propulsion Technologies project follows in the footsteps of the Clean Propulsion Technologies project (CPT), which operated during 2021-2023. CPT was a co-innovation endeavour of 15 consortium partners, with the support of Business Finland. It secured a budget of over 15 million euros to establish global technology leadership for the Finnish powertrain industry by creating a common vision and sustainable business solutions. The project fulfilled the need to create a critical mass for powertrain research and development by strategically combining the resources of two domains.

CPT provided 21 new solutions and innovations, ranging from accelerated model-based design methodologies and progress in combustion and aftertreatment control, through to hybrid energy management solutions. These were implemented in several demonstrators. Examples include: (i) an ultra-clean, reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) marine engine; (ii) an innovative lean-burn hydrogen engine platform for the off-road sector; and (iii) the electro-hydraulic hybrid demonstrator platform, sWille.