The World Maritime University (WMU), through its Maritime Energy Management group, hosted the Green Sea Faroe project meeting on 23–24 September 2025. The two-day event brought together partners from academia and industry to strengthen collaboration toward decarbonizing the Faroese maritime sector.

The Green Sea Faroe consortium consists of Lund University (Coordinator), WMU, MEST Shipyard, Faroe Environmental Agency, SEV, Brunvoll, and the Port of Tórshavn.

The project focuses on three key objectives:

1. Designing two zero-emission passenger ferries equipped with advanced propulsion systems.

2. Developing sustainable port energy infrastructure to support future propulsion technologies.

3. Establishing a net-zero roadmap for the Faroese maritime sector by 2050.

Funded by Nordic Energy Research under the Nordic Maritime Transport and Energy Research Programme, the project aims to provide valuable guidance not only for the Faroe Islands but also for other Small Island Developing States (SIDS) pursuing maritime decarbonization.

As part of the meeting, participants visited Oceanbird in Landskrona to see the newly inaugurated Wing 560 — the world’s first large-scale rigid wing sail. The group also joined a session at Lund University, where they explored cutting-edge research on battery technologies and their potential applications in sustainable shipping.