Scorpio Tankers agrees to install bunker fuel emulsion system

Scorpio Tankers said it has agreed to install the Fowe Eco Solutions Ltd. (FOWE) fuel emulsion systems across its entire fleet. Development expected to result in an overall reduction of at least 3% in bunker fuel costs and 100,000 tons of carbon emissions annually. The terms of the licensing agreement will require no material upfront

Citybus launches first hydrogen bus in Hong Kong

Citybus officially deployed the city’s first-ever hydrogen bus into service. Operating on Route 20, which travels through the busy districts of Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong, and Sham Shui Po, the double-deck vehicle will run for an initial one-month period with six to eight trips daily, before expanding its service to two additional routes –

Euronav orders dual-fuel tanker pair

Belgian tanker giant Euronav has ordered two dual-fuel 17,000 dwt bitumen tankers from a Chinese shipyard. The vessels will be constructed by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard and are expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2026. The two tankers have already been chartered for 10 years upon delivery from the shipyard to an

Liquid Wind, Alfa Laval and partners launch e-fuels design consortium

Liquid Wind and its partners Alfa Laval, Carbon Clean, Siemens Energy and Topsoe are launching a centre dedicated to new fuels in Denmark. Launching this week, the eFuel Design & Performance Centre (DPC) in Hørsholm, Denmark aims to help accelerate the deployment of electricity-based fuels and methanol in particular. Liquid Wind specialises in the commercial

Vopak builds on Singapore biofuels bunkering capacity

Storage company Vopak has commissioned 40,000m³ of capacity at its 1.34m³ Sebarok terminal in Singapore for the blending of biofuels into marine fuels. The company has been carrying out multiple trials with customers since 2022, with its existing pipeline system at Sebarok also converted to a dedicated biofuels blending service as part of the overhaul.

WVU secures $3M to develop tech to reduce energy consumption

Researchers at West Virginia University (WVU) have secured $3 million from the US Department of Energy to pioneer a new chemical reactor system that could transform industrial manufacturing processes. Led by Professor John Hu, the WVU team intends to investigate ways to significantly reduce industrial processes’ energy and greenhouse gas requirements by harnessing microwaves for

NTPC set to start work on green hydrogen hub in AP

NTPC set to start work on India’s largest green hydrogen hub in AP Visakhapatnam: In a bid to give a big push to the decarbonised economy. With an estimated cost of Rs 1.10 lakh cr, the project at Pudimadaka in Atchutapuram mandal aims to achieve a production capacity of 1200 tonnes per day. Maharatna NTPC

Viruses amplify ocean’s carbon capture capacity

Scientists are zeroing in on the virus species in the world’s oceans that are most likely to combat climate change by helping trap carbon dioxide in seawater. Armed with a catalog of hundreds of thousands of DNA and RNA virus species in the world’s oceans, scientists are now zeroing in on the viruses most likely

Diverting maize for ethanol will increase poultry feed prices

The poultry industry anticipates that 10-20 percent of maize could be used for ethanol production, which would increase the demand-supply gap further, causing a spike in maize prices. The Indian poultry sector expects feed prices to spurt, crimping its margins, if the Centre goes ahead with its plan to divert maize for ethanol production, as

Honeywell teams up with TGS for a green hydrogen

Honeywell has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The Green Solutions Group Corporation (TGS) for the Tra Vinh Green Hydrogen project, which stands as Vietnam’s inaugural green hydrogen plant in the Mekong Delta region. The collaboration leverages Honeywell’s battery energy storage system, aimed at reducing costs and carbon emissions while ensuring grid stability