Institutes from Korea and Sweden ink maritime research collaboration deal

Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO) and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the maritime research area.

The institutes intend to accelerate collaborative efforts in innovative technology development in common areas.

Christian Finnsgård, Head of Maritime Research at RISE, said: “KRISO signing this agreement with us will bring opportunities for both institutions to start joint research work on decarbonization and digitalization in the maritime sector. As nations, we can benefit from each other and make significant progress together.”

To remind, in July 2024, KRISO partnered up with the classification society ABS to work on advancing commercial small modular reactor (SMR)-powered ships and floating SMR power generation platforms.

At the time, it was disclosed that ABS would provide an analysis of applicable regulatory guidelines and international standards for the design of SMR-powered ships, while KRISO would develop core technologies for the ships and design a floating SMR power generation platform, a nuclear power plant on the sea and a commercialization model that can supply stable power to island areas in the future.

It is also worth mentioning that in September 2023, KRISO received approval in principle (AiP) from ABS for its design of an offshore hydrogen and ammonia production platform.

The design entails the production of green hydrogen using electricity generated by a wind farm. It consists of a desalination system that desalinates seawater and turns it into clean water, an electrolysis system that produces hydrogen by electrolyzing water, a compression system that pressurizes the produced hydrogen, a nitrogen generation system that separates nitrogen from the air and an ammonia synthesis system that produces ammonia by reaction of hydrogen.