E-HEMS
I+D project · Collaborative industrial research

E-HEMS

Energy-Harvest EcoCore Multidrive Suite

Turning the heat currently wasted on ships into useful onboard energy.

Four Galician companies are jointly researching how to recover waste heat from industrial vessels, convert it into electricity and manage energy intelligently to reduce consumption and emissions.

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Abstract illustration: orange heat waves turning into turquoise energy waves over the sea
2026–2028Implementation period
30 monthsDuration
4 companiesfrom Galicia in a consortium

Co-funded by the European Union through the Galicia FEDER 2021-2027 Programme

The challenge

Energy currently wasted at sea

A ship’s engines and systems waste a large proportion of the fuel’s energy as heat. This heat dissipates without being harnessed: it is energy that has already been generated but is nevertheless left unused.

At the same time, maritime transport faces the challenge of decarbonisation. Ships must reduce their consumption and emissions and demonstrate, using reliable data, that they comply with increasingly stringent European and international regulations.

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The solution

Recovering, managing and measuring onboard energy

E-HEMS investigates how to recover a ship’s waste heat and convert it into useful onboard electricity using thermoelectric technology, and how to manage energy intelligently to reduce consumption and emissions. This is complemented by a digital platform with artificial intelligence that measures, analyses and documents the ship’s energy and environmental performance, helping it comply with maritime decarbonisation regulations. The project culminates in pilot trials in a real industrial environment.

Energy

ThermoHarvest™

Waste heat recovery using thermoelectric modules.

Energy

ECOCORE™

Energy and digital core that manages the energy recovered onboard.

Sensing

Wireless Sense™

Robust wireless sensing for the marine environment.

Efficiency

Indicators™

Efficiency and energy performance indicators.

Traceability

Smart Stores™ and SIA-on-Ship

Intelligent traceability of ship supplies and onboard stores, and onboard artificial intelligence.

Supervision

Survey 360X

Technical visual environment for inspection and supervision.

Documentation

eLogBook™

Digital record-keeping for evidentiary purposes and document automation.

Emissions

Carbon Intelligence™

Emissions calculation and monitoring to support regulatory compliance.

Artificial intelligence

IA and operational digitalisation platform

The system’s artificial intelligence layer.

Validation

Pilot trials in an industrial environment

Validation of the integrated system under real industrial conditions in 2028.

Benefits

What E-HEMS aims to deliver

Less fuel and less CO₂

Lower fuel consumption and fewer CO₂ emissions during ship operations.

Energy currently wasted

Harnessing energy that currently dissipates unused.

Regulatory compliance

Support for compliance with maritime decarbonisation regulations.

Talent and employment in Galicia

Knowledge and skilled employment in Galicia, and a stronger Galician shipbuilding value chain.

Complementary collaboration

Four Galician companies with complementary expertise: energy, artificial intelligence, environmental data and traceability.

Consortium

Four Galician companies, one shared goal

E-HEMS is being developed collaboratively by a group of Galician companies with complementary capabilities in engineering, artificial intelligence, environmental data and traceability.

Consortium lead

AITODETEC, S.L.

O Porriño (Pontevedra)

Technology engineering company serving the shipbuilding and industrial sectors. It coordinates the consortium and develops ThermoHarvest™ thermoelectric technology, the ECOCORE™ energy and digital core, and Wireless Sense™ sensing technology. It integrates all the project’s digital solutions and leads the pilot trials.

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Partner

DATASIGHT CONSULTING, S.L.U.

Pontevedra

It develops the project’s artificial intelligence layer and operational digitalisation software, including automation and intelligent document ingestion.

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Partner

PERIZIA ONLINE, S.L.

Vigo

It develops Carbon Intelligence™: regulatory analysis, data modelling, emissions calculation and regulatory compliance. It also contributes its expertise in cybersecurity and compliance.

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Partner

SICOM CREATICLAB, S.L.

Vigo

It develops Smart Stores™ for intelligent onboard traceability, and SIA-on-Ship, featuring robust hardware for the marine environment, integration with management systems and compliance with the European Artificial Intelligence Act.

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Timeline

From the laboratory to the industrial environment

  1. 2026

    Research and design

    Project launch, foundational research and solution design.

  2. 2027

    Development and integration

    Development of the technologies and digital platform, and integration of the complete system.

  3. 2028

    Pilot trials and results

    Pilot trials in a real industrial environment and dissemination of the results.

Project overview

Project details

Financial support from the European Union

E-HEMS is co-funded by the European Union through the Galicia FEDER 2021-2027 Programme, with a FEDER co-funding rate of 60 %, under the Industria Innova 2026 initiative of the Instituto Galego de Promoción Económica (Igape).

Policy objective 1: “A more competitive and smarter Europe”. Priority P1A: digital and smart transition.

Date
2026-2028
Category
Collaborative industrial research
Project reference
IG530B - Grants for the Industria Innova initiative
Acronym
E-HEMS
Title
Energy-Harvest EcoCore Multidrive Suite
Duration
30 months (18/03/2026 – 30/09/2028)
Lead partner’s file reference
IG530B-2026-000-000087
Contact

Would you like to know more?

For any enquiries about the E-HEMS project, contact us at:

info@e-hems.eu