Polar has been granted a fund from Horizon 2020 for it´s project of Poseidon remote controllable trawl doors. Polar was one of 178 companies from over 2000 applicants who was granted the fund. The fund will be used for feasibility and commercial potential study for the innovation.

Polar has developed remote controllable trawl doors for the past couple of years and has received grants from Rannis, AVS and Islandsbanki. The application for H2020 was done in cooperation with Evris Foundation, a consulting company specializing in strategy, evaluation, analysis and project development & management. 

Polar and Evris Foundation are both companies located in the Ocean Cluster House and we at the Iceland Ocean Cluster are very proud and gratulate them on their success!