NTPC working on Gen-4 ethanol, green urea, and SAF

NTPC Ltd, India’s largest integrated power utility, celebrated its 50th Raising Day with a focus on groundbreaking advancements in clean energy technologies. The company, which has played a pivotal role in shaping India’s power sector, highlighted its work on Gen-4 ethanol, green urea, and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) as part of its ongoing commitment to

Hindalco ranks as world’s most sustainable aluminium company

Hindalco Industries Limited, the Aditya Birla Group metals flagship, has emerged as the World’s Most Sustainable Aluminium Company for the fifth consecutive year in the 2024 edition of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) rankings.Hindalco, the only Aluminium company to secure the top position in the S&P Global CSA, achieved a total score of

ExxonMobil successfully supplies Hapag-Lloyd with B25 bio marine fuel blend

Hapag-Lloyd’s vessel Colorado Express has successfully bunkered a B25 bio marine fuel blend comprised of ExxonMobil’s Premium HDME 50™ fuel, a 0.10% sulphur Emission Control Area (ECA) fuel, and waste-based fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) derived from used cooking oil methyl ester (UCOME).The ‘drop-in’ blend met the requirements of ISO 8217:2017 with the exception of

Gremex Shipping fined in pollution case

Gremex Shipping was fined $1.75 million and put on probation Oct. 30 after pleading guilty in federal district court in Pensacola, Fla., to a felony violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) Specifically, Gremex was charged with creating and providing false records to the U.S. Coast Guard to conceal the illegal discharge of oily

CHIMBUSCO secures first LNG refueling service in Europe

A few days ago, China Marine Bunker (PetroChina) Co..Ltd. (CHIMBUSCO), which recently ranked third in the “Top Ten Global Bunkering Enterprises” for 2023 with a bunkering scale of 22.2 million tons at the 7th International Petroleum and Gas Enterprises Conference (IPEC 2024), made its appearance at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, according to the company’s

Nations not doing enough to cut global emissions by 2.6%: UNFCCC

National pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions fall significantly short of those needed to limit catastrophic global warming, says the United Nations before climate change negotiations next month. The “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs) are enough to cut global emissions by 2.6 percent from 2019 to 2030, up from 2 percent last year, the UN Framework Convention

JSW-POSCO to set up greenfield steel plant in Odisha’s Keonjhar

The JSW Group and South Korea’s POSCO have signed an MoU to develop an integrated steel plant in India, having an initial capacity of 5 million tonnes per annum, along with plans to explore battery materials and renewable energy spaces in India, JSW Energy and JSW Steel informed stock exchanges on October 29. JSW Energy – part of the

ADB lauds India’s fossil fuel subsidy reforms

India has since 2010 made noteworthy progress on fossil fuel subsidy reform through a calibrated ‘remove’, ‘target’, and ‘shift’ approach, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a new report. “By carefully balancing the combined effect of three key policy levers – retail prices, tax rates, and subsidies on selected petroleum products – the country

Zero-carbon ammonia for shipping faces challenges

Ammonia faces major cost and safety hurdles as a shipping fuel compared to others, such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), methanol, and biofuels. Jeslyn Lerh underlines ammonia’s appeal is that it is carbon free, and would be a zero-emission fuel if made from hydrogen produced with renewable electricity. Globally, only 25 ammonia dual-fuel ships have

Wärtsilä signs lifecycle agreement for 7 Capital Gas LNG carriers

Wärtsilä has signed a five-year lifecycle agreement covering seven 174 000 m3 LNG carrier vessels operated by Capital Gas Ship Management. By applying Wärtsilä’s Operational Support service and performance optimisation services, the agreement will deliver enhanced reliability, greater efficiency, minimised climate impact, and operational certainty for the vessels. The seven ships are powered by WinGD X-DF