NTPC, Siemens ink MoU for demonstrating hydrogen co-firing in gas turbines

NTPC and Siemens Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for feasibility to demonstrate hydrogen co-firing blended with natural gas in Siemens V94.2 gas turbines installed at NTPC Faridabad gas power plant. Under this significant collaboration, the two companies will jointly explore the pathways to reduce CO2 emissions from Faridabad gas power plant and further

Maersk chooses ABS to class more methanol-fuelled ships

Maersk has chosen ABS to class its latest order of six methanol-fuelled container ships due to be constructed at HHI. The 17,000 teu vessels are due to be delivered from 2025; Maersk now has 19 vessels on order under ABS class capable of running methanol in their dual-fuel engines. Methanol offers a pathway to zero

Centre extends ethanol subsidy scheme

The Centre has extended the timeline for disbursement of loans up to March 31 under the ethanol blending programme interest subsidy scheme, notified first in 2018, to facilitate entrepreneurs to complete their projects while availing of government support. The Food Ministry issued a notification on October 6 stating the applicants who have submitted their applications

Marubeni carries out world’s first biofuel blend trial

Japanese trading house Marubeni Corporation said it has carried out a trial voyage on one of its chartered vessels using a marine biofuel blend, which to the best of the company’s knowledge was the world’s first biofuel supply to an ethylene carrier. The 2020-built GasChem Dollart, operated by GasChem Services, was bunkered with B25 marine

Green hydrogen corridor between Algeciras and Rotterdam

Cepsa and the Port of Rotterdam are to work together to establish the first green hydrogen corridor between southern and northern Europe, ensuring a green hydrogen supply chain between two of Europe’s main ports, Rotterdam and Algeciras. The co-operation is part of Rotterdam’s ambition to supply Northwest Europe with 4.6m tonnes of green hydrogen by

Principal Power signs contract with ERM for wind-to-hydrogen project

Floating offshore wind technology provider Principal Power has signed a contract with ERM to advance the front-end engineering design (FEED) for a wind-to-hydrogen Dolphyn 10 MW demonstrator project off the coast of Aberdeen. ERM Dolphyn (deepwater offshore local production of hydrogen) has developed a concept design to produce large-scale green hydrogen from floating offshore wind.

KSOE signs a consortium agreement to demonstrate fuel cells for ships

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group’s shipbuilding sector, said that it signed a consortium agreement to demonstrate fuel cells for ships with global energy company Shell, Doosan Fuel Cell, HyAxiom, and DNV. Hyundai Heavy Industries Group speeds up the era of eco-friendly ships by launching a

Hydrogen container handler tested by Hyster

Hyster Company has announced the testing of a top-pick container handler powered by hydrogen fuel cells (HFC) at Fenix Marine Services in the Port of Los Angeles. Building on the industry standard Hyster® H1050-1150XD-CH top-pick container handler design, the truck is powered by two 45kw hydrogen fuel cells from Nuvera, a wholly owned subsidiary of

First flex-fuel car unveiled in India

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road, Transport & Highways, has unveiled Toyota Corolla Altis Flex-fuel car, which has been touted as first of its kind pilot project on Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) in India. This project intends to examine whether ethanol-powered flex fuel vehicles can be viable in Indian conditions. Further, as a

CMA CGM invests in clean hydrogen infrastructure fund

CMA CGM has joined what is said to be the world’s first and largest infrastructure fund to invest exclusively in the entire clean hydrogen value chain. Fund manager Hy24 Partners, a joint venture between clean hydrogen investment firm FiveT Hydrogen and European private equity firm Ardian, has closed €2bn ($1.94bn) of allocations with CMA CGM