Green Hybrid Solution
In September 2023, the UK government set the path for all new cars to have zero emissions by 2035. The simple answer is that it does not apply to marine craft as there are different targets here.
How does this affect marine craft?
The simple answer is that it does not apply to marine craft as this sector has different targets.
In 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed on its initial strategy for reducing greenhouse gasses (GHGs) from ships. This strategy commits the maritime sector globally to reducing emissions of GHGs from shipping by at least 50% by 2050 compared to 2008.
In January 2019, the UK government published Maritime 2050, a strategic vision for a clean maritime sector in the UK.
In support of this strategy, the Government has published the Clean Maritime Plan, the Environment Route Map of Maritime 2050 and sets out Clean Maritime Plan Ambitions for the UK. These zero-emissions shipping ambitions are intended to provide aspirational goals for the sector, not mandatory targets.
You can download this document from the link above. There are a lot of words and lofty ideas here (60 pages of this), but it is the closest indication we can get about what may happen in the future.
Here is Hybrid Marine's interpretation and response to the Clean Marine Plan :