Government expands green hydrogen use with new pilot scheme

Under the pilot scheme, the government would consider projects with innovative approaches for decentralised green hydrogen production, utilising sources such as rooftop solar, micro-hydel plants, floating solar installations, wastewater and biomass. Currently, India’s green hydrogen production is negligible as it primarily produces grey hydrogen. The central government has launched a pilot scheme to explore the

Small victory at COP-29 as nations approve new carbon market rules

Establishment of carbon markets is the last remaining part of the 2015 Paris Agreement that is yet to become operational, mainly because the rules, modalities and procedures of this very complicated and technical structure are still to be finalised. A small step forward towards operationalisation of carbon markets was hailed as an early victory at

Three winners for the reindustrialisation of the Seine Axis

Following a call for project proposals issued last June, three candidates have been selected by HAROPA PORT from among the eight competing for allocation of the “West A29” site. The plot in Le Havre’s port industrial area under the “France 2030 Turnkey Sites” programme, will be occupied by three major industrial projects: LIVISTA, AIR PRODUCTS

Nufarm to expand biofuel platform with R&D partnerships

Nufarm has announced the establishment of strategic R&D partnerships to further expand its bioenergy and sustainable oil platforms. In recent years, the company acquired biomass oil trait technology developed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, comprising an estate of patents relating to technology traits that, when deployed into crops, enable novel production and accumulation of

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