How seawater can be used to generate valuable hydrogen energy

Hydrogen is a clean-burning fuel, and when combined with oxygen in a fuel cell — like a battery — it produces heat and electricity with water vapor as its only byproduct. But extracting hydrogen and isolating it so that it can be used in this way isn’t as simple. Today, most hydrogen is generated by

Louis Dreyfus to operate methanol- and wind-powered RoRos

Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) said it has been tapped by Airbus to renew its entire fleet of chartered vessels for aircraft subassembly transport with three modern, low-emission roll-on / roll-off vessels,

NTPC inks pact with EIL for green fuels

NTPC Limited has signed an MoA with Engineers India Limited (EIL) wherein NETRA (the R&D centre of NTPC Ltd.) can take up collaborative projects in the domain of carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), green fuel, green chemicals including green hydrogen, green ammonia etc, green fertilizers, bio-fuels, decarbonization, waste handling, water, ash etc. leading to

Apple may have to drop carbon neutral tag in Europe

Apple recently launched the Watch Series 9 and the Watch Ultra 2, and the company is advertising these two smartwatches to be carbon-neutral, which means that Apple is removing the same amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere that is being produced in the lifecycle of these wearables. However, the European Union says that Apple’s

Canpac sets up Altpac for sustainable packaging

Ahmedabad-based packaging specialist, Canpac has established Altpac, a division focussed on sustainable packaging, to offer eco-friendly packaging, within the eCommerce and retail domains. Altpac will focus on providing sustainable packaging alternatives, such as eCommerce mailers, retail shopping bags, and eCommerce boxes, to its customers. The new packaging arm will leverage Canpac’s pan-India packaging operations to

India can cut import bills through biogas adoption

The report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), underscores the environmental advantages of expanding biogas projects, including waste management, reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and enhanced renewable energy production. Replacing natural gas consumption with biogas and biomethane incrementally to 20 per cent by 2030 can help India cut liquefied natural

Biofuels alliance looking for more members to join

India-backed Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) is looking for more countries to join it from South-east Asia and Africa after the Philippines and Tanzania became the latest entrants. The move is strategically significant as it is expected to give India an upper hand over China which has interests in both South East Asian and Africa and

Just-in-time port calls could cut 5% of boxship emissions

Global adoption of just-in-time (JIT) port arrivals in the container shipping sector has the potential to diminish emissions by 5%. This reduction translates to roughly 17m tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, according to a recently published white paper. The ‘Untapped Potential of Just-In-Time Port Arrivals’ white paper is based on findings of field trials conducted

Yara, Navigator Holdings Ltd. lead investment into Azane Fuel Solutions

Yara Growth Ventures and Navigator Holdings Ltd. lead investment round of 5.4 million EUR (around 5.7 million USD) in Azane Fuel Solutions AS ammonia bunkering startup, to commence construction of the first of 15 bunkering units. OSLO and LONDON, October 25, 2023: Yara Growth Ventures AS, the venture investment arm of Yara International ASA (together,

TNB, Siemens Energy work together to advance green hydrogen

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) and Siemens Energy are set to embark on green hydrogen initiatives after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in August of this year. Their collaboration focuses on expediting the decarbonization of TNB’s thermal power plants by using green hydrogen generated from renewable energy sources. TNB will employ electrolysis and renewable energy