CMA CGM’s LNG solution for Electrolux

Marseille-headquartered CMA CGM completed signing of a significant 40,000 teu shipping deal with Electrolux, the Swedish multinational home appliance manufacturer. Electrolux has selected to use CMA CGM’s so-called Cleaner Energy LNG solution for 40,000 container shipments this year, shipped on CMA CGM’s dual-fuel LNG-powered vessels, while also benefitting from a share of guarantee of origin

Vedanta seeks bids for $19 for gas from Gujarat

Vedanta Ltd seeks a minimum $19 price for natural gas produced from a field off Gujarat. The company looks to cash in on the recent surge in global energy prices. It has called for bids for the sale of 0.25 million standard cubic meters per day of gas produced from CB/OS-2 block located in Suvali,

Regulatory framework necessary in Europe for hydrogen

  A level playing field for different energy carriers to compete and coordinated decarbonisation must be supported, say the region’s TSOs. Hydrogen is set to play a major role in the energy system but so far represents only a modest fraction of the energy mix and the majority of it is produced from fossil fuels.

China aims to increase renewable power

China aims to increase renewable power, maintain crude oil output and boost natural gas production, as it seeks to balance energy security and achieve its climate change goals. China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gases emitter, has said its carbon emission would peak by 2030, while it has said it would achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

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

Design approved for world’s first methane oxidation catalyst system

Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), and Yanmar Power Technologies Co. (YPT), have received Approval in Principle for the Methane Oxidation Catalyst System from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK). The system reduces methane slip by placing a methane oxidation catalyst in an LNG fuel engine and oxidizing the methane. This is the first time

The first green hydrogen FCEV in India launched by Gadkari

Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, launched the world’s most advanced technology – developed green hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV), Toyota Mirai in New Delhi. Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd and International Center for Automotive Technology (ICAT) are conducting a Pilot Project to study and evaluate the world’s most advanced Fuel

Rising LNG prices expected to increase India’s fertilizer subsidy bill

India’s heavy reliance on imported liquified natural gas (LNG) as a fertilizer feedstock exposes the nation’s balance sheet to ongoing global gas price hikes, increasing the government’s fertilizer subsidy bill, according to a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). By shifting away from expensive LNG imports for fertilizer production

What is the future of hydrogen?

Hydrogen is widely seen as a crucial weapon in the fight to avert the catastrophic consequences of a post-2°C world. A world in which, according to the Natural Resources Defence Council, rising global temperatures would cause widespread human and agricultural devastation while disproportionately affecting lower-income communities.  Pre-pandemic, the urgency of facilitating a global switch to

First green hydrogen fuel plant in Himachal Pradesh to come up soon

Chamba district in the state of Himachal Pradesh will soon have a green hydrogen fuel generation plant. The hydrogen plant will be set up by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). The decision was taken in a meeting of Chamba district administration with NHPC Ltd held recently which was presided over by Chamba Deputy Commissioner