Coastal communities and businesses across the UK will benefit from £30 million of new decarbonisation funding, helping to drive economic growth and create jobs - delivering on the government's Plan for Change.

The funding comes from the latest round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC6) which was launched in January 2025. CMDC is designed to support clean maritime technologies including electric, hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, wind power and more.

Previous rounds of the competition have seen funding delivered to over 300 organisations, bringing in more than £100 million of private investment across the UK.

Successful projects have included the installation of Britain's first electric chargepoint network across ports and harbours in the South West, the largest ever retrofit of a hydrogen research vessel in Wales and the installation of state-of-the-art carbon capture system on a vessel.

Innovate UK opened the sixth round of the CMDC funding on 24th January 2025, the application window will close on 16th April 2025.

This sixth round of funding brings the total invested through the CMDC to £159 million, accelerating the vast economic benefits that green maritime funding has on local jobs, industries and economies.

CMDC funding comes from the £236 million UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE) programme, which is focused on decarbonising the UK maritime sector through research and development. Innovate UK is the delivery partner for CMDC and will manage the distribution of funds to successful applicants.