Look at these industries transitioning to netzero

To stay below the 1.5℃ target of the Paris Agreement, this must be the “decade of delivery” for governments, industries and organizations. COP26 was public-private in nature and brought forward the 2050 target of net zero through tangible and measurable 2030 goals, both important steps towards a decade of delivery. The changes underway in industries

PetroChina Int’l tops Singapore’s list of 2021 marine fuel suppliers

PetroChina International Singapore Pte Ltd climbed three spots to be the top marine fuel supplier in the world’s biggest ship refuelling hub in 2021 while the overall number of licensed suppliers fell by four to 41, official data showed on Monday. Shell Plc’s Singapore bunkering unit, Shell Eastern Trading Pte Ltd, fell from the top

China’s 2021 oil refinery output rises 4.3% to record on strong demand

China’s refinery output hit a record in 2021, up 4.3% from 2020, on robust first-half fuel demand and as refiners ramped up processing to fill a supply gap after a hefty new tax closed loopholes in blending fuel imports. Total refinery throughput last year reached 703.55 million tonnes, or 14.07 million barrels per day (bpd),

Australian farm co-op CBH trials biofuel-bunkered cargo ship

Australian grain co-op CBH Group has partnered with leading dry bulk operator Oldendorff Carriers to conduct the first biofuel trial on a grain vessel exporting from Australia. CBH Marketing and Trading is shipping 30,000 tonnes of sustainably certified malting barley aboard the Edwine Oldendorff, which is sailing from Albany Grain Terminal to Vietnam. The vessel

Will shift to hydrogen economy break old geopolitical constraints?

The rapid growth of a global hydrogen economy could significantly shift geoeconomics and geopolitics as new interdependencies arise, according to a new analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation: The Hydrogen factor posits that hydrogen will change the geography of energy trade and the way energy relations are regionalised.

Power sector emissions reached record high in 2021

The early 2022 edition of the Agency’s bi-annual Electricity Market Report has just been published, revealing how nations are largely turning to fossil fuels to meet the increase in electricity demand as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are lifting. According to the report, the global electricity demand rose 6 per cent year-on-year in 2021 – the steepest

FuelSpec® – A promising additive for fuel efficiency

FuelSpec® is a patented and proprietary Iron-Magnesium organo metallic compound that is registered with the United States EPA. The product is launched in India as a combustion catalyst that works across a range of fuels – from distillate to residual hydrocarbon fuels. Jithendra Nimmagadda, CEO, Maritime at Vishwa Samudra Holdings in an exclusive interview with

The mere existence of technology does not decarbonise maritime alone

Wartsila, a company in the spearhead of shipping’s decarbonisation efforts, expects more to be done in the coming months and years, in terms of accelerating the inevitable need to lower emissions, Sachin Kulkarni – Head of Sales, Marine Power, South Asia, Wärtsilä says, in an interview. Q. Wartsila is positioned as a technology company looking

‘Thank God I won’t be on board’ – Maersk methanol ship design under fire

Maritime veterans do not appear to think much of Maersk’s new methanol vessel design, saying the forward-situated superstructure will cause a host of problems. Ex-ship’s captain Arjun Vikram-Singh, currently CEO of Quantum BSO, said: “Thank God I’m ashore,” and called the new design a “monster”. He added: “I hate to think of the poor souls

Govt inaugurates country’s first coal to methanol plant built by BHEL

Union Minister for Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey on Saturday dedicated India’s first BHEL-built ‘coal to methanol’ (CTM) pilot plant to the nation here, as part of the ongoing ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations, an official release said. Pandey also inaugurated an exhibition on ‘Products Developed under Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ organised at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited’s