San Diego airport uses renewable diesel as alternative fuel

San Diego International Airport now uses renewable diesel as an alternative fuel. About 30 percent of all airside diesel vehicles and equipment at SAN are now alternative fuel because of the switch from petroleum diesel to renewable diesel. Renewable diesel can reduce emissions by up to 75 percent or more compared to petroleum diesel. It

Lomarlabs collaborates with Seabound to install carbon capture device

Lomar’s new subsidiary lomarlabs is working with London-based climate tech start-up Seabound to develop cost-effective methods to capture CO2 onboard vessels. Lomarlabs works with entrepreneurs who bring deep tech solutions to the maritime industry and helps them de-risk their technologies and optimise their business models. This venture is spearheaded by former Lomar technical director Stylianos

Hercules Sky to supply biofuels in Gibraltar Strait

Peninsula, a marine fuels solutions company, has welcomed into its expanding fleet, Hercules Sky, a two year old oil chemical tanker. According to a Peninsula’s post, Hercules Sky has a tank capacity of 9000cbm and her pump rate is above 500cbm/hr. This barge will allow Peninsula to strengthen its physical operation in the Gibraltar Strait.

EOIs invited for HVICs in India

The Ministry of Science and Technology in India has invited expressions of interest (EOIs) for Hydrogen Valley Innovation Clusters (HVIC) in the country as part of The National Green Hydrogen Mission approved by the country’s Union Cabinet in January 2023. A Hydrogen Valley is a defined geographical area where hydrogen serves more than one end

HVS launches hydrogen truck with 600km range

Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) has unveiled a clean-sheet-designed hydrogen-electric Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV). Showcasing its game-changing hydrogen powertrain in the form of a 40-tonne HGV technology demonstrator underlines the company’s objective of being the first indigenous UK-designed and developed hydrogen-electric HGV on the market. The Glasgow-based company, which focuses on the ground-up design and development

Provaris hydrogen floating concept gets ABS nod

Provaris Energy has revealed a gaseous hydrogen floating storage concept that has been granted approval in principle by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The solution, dubbed H2Leo, has a design capacity range of 300 to 600 tonnes of hydrogen, expandable to up to 2,000 tonnes. The ASX-listed company said the unit is suitable for

Archipelago and Chartwell Marine to build methanol leisure boat

Archipelago Expedition Yachts and Chartwell Marine have continued their cross-industry collaboration with the announcement of the Archipelago zero.63: the first ever methanol-fuelled, zero-carbon, ocean-capable leisure vessel on the market. Following Chartwell’s successful procurement of a £320,000 InnovateUK Smart Grant to implement methanol propulsion technology in a new vessel design, the company opted to prove the

UNICAMP researchers grow microalgae for biofuel

A group of researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil have grown microalgae under controlled conditions in a laboratory in order to use their metabolites, especially lipids, with the prime purpose of producing biofuel. The study is reported in an article published in the journal Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. The study analyzed

Marco Polo Marine partners with Amogy for ammonia

Singapore offshore vessel player and shipyard Marco Polo Marine has partnered with US-based startup Amogy to install ammonia-to-power systems on its existing or newbuild offshore wind support vessels. Marco Polo said the collaboration fits into its efforts to decarbonise the shipping sector and reduce the carbon footprint of offshore wind farms, but that it also

Rolls-Royce to produce green hydrogen

Rolls-Royce plans to produce green hydrogen at is Friedrichshafen headquarters and test its mtu hydrogen engines and fuel cell systems. The company also announced that it has successfully tested its 250kw fuel cell demonstrator, which proved that the system could provide uninterruptible power in a blackout situation. The company, which is developing its own standardised