Hydrogen fuel cell electric aircraft can soon be a reality

The US firm ZeroAvia is one step closer to bringing its zero emission electric aircraft to market, powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The jet-tracking social media account ElonJet has drawn renewed attention to the role of private and corporate aircraft in blurting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The issue can be an embarrassing one for

Hydrogen lorries to hit roads in Germany in 2023

GP Joule in Reußenköge in Schleswig-Holstein is aiming to put the first of 5,000 hydrogen-powered lorries on roads across Germany by mid-2023. Hydrogen can prove a viable alternative to costly batteries for heavy-duty lorries as the fuel can be filled quickly into high-pressure tanks and converted into electric power. This comes as subsidies of up

C. B. Fenton & Co.  to work with Kanfer Shipping for LNG bunkering

CB Fenton, part of Ultramar (Chile), and Kanfer have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the clear purpose of establishing an attractive hub for LNG bunkering and smallscale LNG distribution in/out of Panama. The parties have joined forces and are now seeking a partner in the LNG trading space. The purpose would be that

Scion hopes to build NZ biofuel industry

New Zealand could be making its own biofuel within the next five years. Scion, a Rotorua-based research institute, hopes to end the country’s reliance on imported fossil fuels by establishing a bio-energy industry here. Integrated bio-energy portfolio leader Paul Bennett says his team had already made significant progress. Scion’s wood-based aviation fuel was its most

First plane with SAF takes off in Brussels

A Brussels Airlines flight that partly runs on synthetic SAF took off from Brussels Airport on January 1, 2023. Brussels Airport offers this SAF via the NATO pipeline that also supplies regular kerosene. Brussels Airlines flight SN3737 to Malaga, operated by Airbus A320 OO-SNO took off from Brussels Airport with a first: the aircraft flew

First ethanol plant in Chhattisgarh to begin operations in April 2023

Ethanol plant will start in Kawardha of Chhattisgarh from April 2023. This will be the first ethanol plant in the state to be built on the PPP model. According to the state government, initially, 80 kilo litres of ethanol will be produced per day in the plant located near Bhoramdev Sugar Factory. For this, after

Dynagas LNG Partners enter into charter deal

Dynagas LNG Partners has struck a new time charter deal with Equinor for the ice-class LNG carrier Arctic Aurora. The Tony Lauritzen-led owner of six LNG ships said the charter would last for about three years, adding about $116.5m to the revenue backlog. The deal will see the 2013-built ship delivered to the Norwegian energy

First semi high-speed hydrogen train introduced in China

China has launched Asia’s first hydrogen powered trains for the Urban Railways and gets a range of 600 km on a single tank, with a top speed of 160 kmph. China’s CRRC Corporation Ltd. has unveiled its first hydrogen urban train, which happens to be Asia’s first hydrogen train. Earlier, Germany unveiled first ever hydrogen

Maruti to launch EVs with higher range

Maruti Suzuki appears to be finally stepping-up focus in EV segment. India’s largest carmaker will reveal its first all-electric model, codenamed YY8, at upcoming 2023 Auto Expo. It will be the company’s hero concept for 2023, on the same lines as Future-S was in 2018 and Futuro-e in 2020. Maruti YY8 will be manufactured at

XCMG delivers 100 hydrogen-fueled trucks

XCMG, the world’s top 3 construction machinery manufacturers, has delivered a batch of 100 hydrogen-fueled trucks to the end client Mengxi Zhenghe Group to aid its construction of a mine near Ordos in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region as part of the thousand-units hydrogen-fueled truck order that signed with Sino-Synergy Hydrogen Energy Technology earlier. The