Rolls-Royce tested world’s first hydrogen jet engine

Rolls-Royce and European airline easyJet announced that they’ve successfully tested a hydrogen jet engine — technology the companies hope might eventually help erase aviation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The ground test marks “the world’s first run of a modern aero engine on hydrogen,” Rolls-Royce said in a press release. Aviation is considered one of the most

Damen and Caterpillar agree for development of methanol dualfuel tugs

Together with Derrick York (Caterpillar Inc.) and Kees-Jan Mes (Pon Power), Damen Group CEO Arnout Damen has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint development of a series of dual-fuel methanol / diesel powered tugs. Electrically powered tugs are ideal for zero emission operations in harbors and terminals where low-cost electricity can be

ZULU Associates’ container ship gets LR approval

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Zulu Associates, an initiator, developer and operator of innovations in the marine component of logistic chains comprised of ZULU Associates bv. and Anglo Belgian Shipping Company Ltd, for its novel ZULU Mass vessel design. The AiP marks a significant landmark for the energy transition and

Wärtsilä drives decarbonisation and lower operating costs

The technology group Wärtsilä will carry out the most complete re-powering project ever carried out on an inland waterway vessel. The project scope will retrofit the ‘Herkules V’, a pusher vessel owned by Hidrovias do Brasil, to achieve notably increased efficiency, reduced emissions, and lower operating costs. The order was included in Wärtsilä’s order book

Windcat opts hydrogen-powered CSOV

Crew transfer vessel operator Windcat, part of Antwerp-based shipping and logistics group Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), has tapped Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards for the construction of a series of hydrogen-powered commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs). The so-called ‘Elevation Series’ CSOVs have been designed by Damen Shipyards in cooperation with Windcat and CMB’s clean technology division,

Nokia and stc to work together on netzero emissions

Nokia and stc confirm the adoption of energy-efficient solutions, enabling stc to reduce its carbon emissions and support its net-zero targets. The two signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see them work together across four areas: climate, society, digitalisation, and future of work with the aim of reducing carbon emissions and adopting sustainable

Researchers at IIT Jodhpur develop materials to produce hydrogen

The researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur have developed Lanthanides based perovskite nanocomposite catalytic materials for artificial photosynthesis to produce high-purity hydrogen. IIT Jodhpur further said in a statement that Hydrogen-based energy is the only viable source for a green and sustainable future. More than 90 per cent of the source of hydrogen

GAIL may enter into short-term LNG contracts

With a sharp spike in prices of liquefied natural gas (LNG) which has pushed up the cost of production of urea, the fertilizer subsidy is likely to cross Rs 2.5 trillion in the current fiscal, 138% higher than the budget estimate of Rs 1.05 trillion. The government reckons that the natural gas prices, which constitute

NYK launches new ammonia designs

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), MTI and Elomatic have completed the concept design phase of a new capesize bulk carrier and a very large crude oil tanker (VLCC) in a project that aims to build an LNG-fuelled vessel that can be efficiently converted to an ammonia-fuelled vessel. The three companies are positioning these new hybrids as

CNOOC buys 5% stake in Petrobras’s Buzios oil field

Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras announced that it had received $1.9bn from CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltd. (CPBL) for a 5% stake in a production-sharing agreement for the Buzios field in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin. The $1.9bn includes adjustments provided for in the contract. The transaction is subject to approval by Brazil’s Ministry of