Germany opens doors for Qatar gas

Germany and Qatar have reached a long-term energy partnership, a German official has said, as Europe’s biggest economy seeks to become less dependent on Russian energy sources. Russia is the largest supplier of gas to Germany and German economy minister Robert Habeck has launched several initiatives to lessen Germany’s energy dependence on Russia since it

Don’t kill hopes of keeping global warming under dangerous levels: Guterres

In the wake of Russian invasion of Ukraine countries are scrambling to replace Russian oil, gas and coal supplies with any available alternative fuels. This may fuel the world’s “mutually assured destruction” through climate change, the head of the United Nations warned Monday. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the ‘all-of-the-above’ strategy now being pursued by

Addition of bio-content in marine fuel helps cut emissions, but is it safe?

In order to reduce the environmental effect of the shipping sector, increasing percentages of bio-components are being blended to marine fuels. In 2017, ISO 8217 6th edition allowed additional Distillate FAME (DF) grades: DFA, DFZ and DFB with a maximum Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) content of 7.0 v/v%, another potential facilitator of increased water

A sensor developed by scientists to see hydrogen with naked eye

Researchers at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy and the Chair of Thermal Process Technology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have succeeded in making invisible hydrogen gas visible to the naked eye in order to prevent the risk of fires and explosions. The key to their research is what is known as supraparticles, tiny particles that

China’s exports of VLSFO increased 21%

China’s clean marine fuel exports rose 21% in the first two months of 2022 from a year ago, following an increase in Beijing’s export quotas, customs data showed. Exports of low-sulphur fuel oil reached 3.64 million tonnes in January and February, up from 3.02 million tonnes in the corresponding period last year, data from the

Saudi Arabia is China’s top crude supplier

Saudi Arabia regained the spot as China’s top crude supplier in the first two months of 2022, having been leapfrogged by Russia in December, while Russian shipments dropped 9% as a cut in import quotas led independent refiners to scale back purchases. Arrivals of Saudi crude totalled 14.61 million tonnes in January-February, equivalent to 1.81

Honda to commercialize algae-growing technology

Honda Motor Co. is considering the commercialization of its algae-growing technology, which can be used to absorb carbon and create biofuels, plastics and other products, the Nikkei newspaper has reported. The carmaker will test mass production of the organic material this fall and build a new facility of about 1,000 square meters (10,760 square feet),

Reduce Sugar production, increase conversion to ethanol: Gadkari

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has given a clarion call to the sugar factories to make a shift to conversion of sugar into ethanol, in line with the realities of changing times and the needs of the nation. The Minister issued a warning to leaders of sugar and allied industries that

US farmers tell President Biden to expand biofuels use

More than 1,000 US farmers and other biofuel supporters, in a letter delivered to the White House by the Renewable Fuels Association, asked the Biden administration to turn to biofuels with rising gasoline prices and White House efforts to secure additional crude oil supplies from other nations to replace Russian oil banned for export to

Volkswagen joins sustainable mining initiative IRMA

Volkswagen announced that it joined a group to reach its environmental and social standards in the mining sector. Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance Being the world’s No.2 carmaker in the world it is essential that the raw materials used are sustainable for their upcoming models in the EV lineup. As a result, VW joins hands