The innovation exchange is looking for innovative solutions for avoiding the ‘stranding’ of diesel-powered assets within ports and harbours. Emissions legislation and air quality directives will start to take effect and the use of fossil fuel powered assets may become restricted or banned from use if the polluting impact of their use in terms of emissions are not addressed. Stranded assets are "assets that have suffered from unanticipated or premature write-downs, devaluations or conversion to liabilities” and in the context of this challenge refer to diesel powered assets with working lives that extend beyond the horizon for their restricted use or banning. Owners and operators are seeking non fossil fuel alternatives or means to dramatically reduce their emissions from assets like generators, forklifts, mobile cranes, and port boats. The winning business(es) in this competition will be given an opportunity to present their solutions to a group of major port operators, with the potential of a commercial opportunity to deliver their solution.

The innovation exchange is looking for innovative solutions for delivering energy efficiently to ships whilst in port. This challenge is being split in to two sub-challenge: • managing energy being delivered to ships and • making efficient connections (this challenge). A second challenge is exploring how to avoid the stranding of diesel-powered equipment as emissions regulations are tightened and owners are seeking non-fossil fuelled alternatives. The winning business(es) in this competition will be given an opportunity to present their solutions to a group of major port operators such as the Royal Navy, ABP Limited, BAE Systems, Port of Cromarty Firth, Forth Ports Limited, Port of London Authority, Vattenfall Networks with the potential of a commercial opportunity to deliver their solution.

The innovation exchange is looking for innovative solutions for delivering energy efficiently to ships whilst in port. This challenge is being split in to two sub-challenge: • making efficient connections and • this one, managing energy being delivered to ships. Solutions to this sub challenge must consider the availability of energy supply and the different demands of ships and port side equipment to explore efficient means of managing the electrical energy supplies, which are not infinite and are often in high demand. Electrical energy is supplied through a combination of predominantly grid supply and augmented by diesel powered generators and increasingly other non-fossil fuel derived sources including energy storage systems, such as large scale batteries, powered by PV or wind. A second challenge is exploring how to avoid the stranding of diesel-powered equipment as emissions regulations are tightened and owners are seeking non-fossil fuelled alternatives. The winning business(es) in this competition will be given an opportunity to present their solutions to a group of major port operators such as the Royal Navy, ABP Limited, BAE Systems, Port of Cromarty Firth, Forth Ports Limited, Port of London Authority, Vattenfall Networks with the potential of a commercial opportunity to deliver their solution.

The innovation exchange is seeking innovative approaches to provide the Tidal Thames with a solution to provide smart flexible zero emission power provision, as a service available 24/7 at the waterside, from berths throughout the Port of London. The winning business(es) in this competition will be given an opportunity to present their solutions to the Port of London Authority, with the potential of a commercial opportunity to deliver their solution.