VOC Port handles first green ammonia shipment

The V O Chidambaranar (VOC) Port, located in Tamil Nadu has made history by becoming the first port in India to handle green ammonia. V O Chidambaranar Port Authority, a state-owned entity responsible for operating the port at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. Three 20-inch tank containers filled with this environmentally friendly fuel arrived at the

IOC unveils first green hydrogen-run bus

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri flagged off India’s first green hydrogen-powered bus that emits just water. The minister said hydrogen will be India’s transition fuel for moving away from fossil fuels. India’s top oil firm IOC unveiled the bus. IOC will produce close to 75 kg of hydrogen by splitting water using electricity from renewable

Grid, industry, transport decarbonisation crucial to meet netzero targets

This transition to new and renewable sources of energy would not come cheap, with India needing around $15 trillion in investments to achieve net zero between 2022 and 2070, according to a Deloitte-FICCI study. India’s total energy demand would likely double by 2070 from the 2020 level, due largely to aggressive energy efficiency and the

NKT cable-laying vessel moves to biofuel

Denmark-based NKT has certified its cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Victoria to use biofuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as part of its decarbonization goals. NKT reported that the certification allows the reduction of carbon footprint from the vessel’s fuel consumption by more than 98%. According to the Danish company, this HVO certification is an

Suez Canal, Shell considers alternative fuel bunkering

General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) recently met with Shell officials, during its roadshow tour to the Netherlands, to discuss the development of alternative fuels bunkering. The SCZONE delegation, headed by Waleid Gamal El-Dien, met with Shell officials, Roberto Maria Batumli, Regional lead of the Hydrogen industry EU, and Rene Smeets, Marine LNG

CMA CGM, COSCO, Maersk, ONE sign up for green corridor

A partnership between ports, carriers, and cargo owners has published an outline of a Green Shipping Corridor Implementation Plan which will accelerate emissions reductions on one of the world’s busiest container shipping routes across the Pacific Ocean. As part of the historic plan, the carrier partners will begin deploying reduced or zero lifecycle carbon capable

KRIBHCO invests Rs 1,100 cr in ethanol plants

KRIBHCO, the fertiliser cooperative, is making an investment of approximately Rs 1,100 crore to establish three ethanol manufacturing facilities that will use maize and broken rice as raw materials. These plants, with a daily production capacity of 250 kilo litres, are being set up in the states of Gujarat, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh as part

Strategic Biofuels receives air permit approval

Strategic Biofuels has announced that its Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) project has been issued an air permit from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), another milestone in advancing the low carbon footprint liquid fuel plant. The facility will be classified as a ‘synthetic minor’ and will be subject to all applicable state and federal

HVS begins testing X1.5 prototype hydrogen truck

Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) has shown a number of concept vehicles but now the UK company had announced the delivery of its engineering prototype test mule, X1.5, to its test facilities. This marks the beginning of the crucial development phase to bring its first full-sized hydrogen HGV to market. X1.5, powered by the same hydrogen

Germany resumes trading in Russian LNG

Nationalized by the German government in the fall of 2022, the gas company SEFE (formerly Gazprom Germania) plans to start using Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) once again for the first time since the beginning of last year’s energy crisis. This contradicts the federal government’s goal of reducing dependence on Russian supplies. The company Securing