Flying Tiger Copenhagen to use Maersk’s ECO delivery

Maersk has announced that Flying Tiger Copenhagen will be utilizing its ECO Delivery solution to transport its entire ocean freight volume from 2024 onwards. With ECO Delivery, Maersk customers, including Flying Tiger Copenhagen, can manage ocean transports using certified green fuels like second-generation biofuel derived from waste feedstocks.  By leveraging Maersk’s ECO Delivery solution, the

Praj Industries commences jet fuel production from alcohol

Industrial biotechnology company Praj Industries has started the first pilot project in the country to make aviation turbine fuel from alcohol. The company’s research and development unit in Pirangut near Pune will produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Union minister of petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the SAF pilot project on January 20.

ACME, IHI sign pact to supply green ammonia from India to Japan

ACME Group, a leading renewable energy company in India, and IHI Corporation, a Japanese integrated heavy industry group, signed an offtake term sheet for supply of green ammonia from Odisha, India to Japan. The term sheet was signed by Founder and Chairman of Acme Group, Manoj Upadhyay and President and CEO of IHI Corporation, Hiroshi

ONGC gets nod for green energy subsidiary

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has approved the formation of a subsidiary company of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) for green energy and gas business. The company will engage in businesses related to green hydrogen, hydrogen blending, renewable energy solar, wind and hybrid etc., biofuels, biogas business and LNG. This was informed

Iveco Group chooses BASF as first recycling partner for electric vehicle batteries

Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Turin, Italy – Iveco Group announces the selection of BASF, the world’s leading chemical company and biggest chemical supplier for the automotive industry, as its first partner to provide a recycling solution for the lithium-ion batteries of the Group’s electric vehicles. This decision is part of Iveco Group’s circular economy strategy which

TECO 2030 and partners begin work on EU Horizon project

Norwegian cleantech company TECO 2030, together with thirteen partners from various European countries, has commenced its second EU Horizon project focused on developing, validating, and showcasing a zero-emission passenger ship fueled by hydrogen. The project named Zero Emission Adriatic Ship (ZEAS) focuses on a shift towards the safe and sustainable use of climate-neutral fuels in

ZeroAvia, Verne partner on hydrogen for airports, aircraft

ZeroAvia and Verne announced that they have signed an MOU to jointly evaluate the opportunities for using cryo-compressed hydrogen (CcH2) on-board aircraft and for conducting CcH2 refuelling from gaseous hydrogen (GH2) and liquid hydrogen (LH2) sources. ZeroAvia is a leader in zero-emission aviation, focused on developing hydrogen-electric engines for all types of aircraft as the

Venezuelan crude oil may come to India soon

Venezuelan crude oil may start flowing to India from next month after three years as domestic refiners are moving away from Russia to more economical energy imports after sanction-hit Moscow drastically reduced discounts to around $2 a barrel, three people aware of the development said. In contrast, Venezuelan crude can be bought with effective discounts

Odisha clears JSW proposal to set up EV manufacturing units

The Odisha government on Monday approved 14 proposals including the JSW Group’s plan to set up electric vehicles and component manufacturing units in Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts with an investment of Rs 40,000 crore, a senior official said. These projects, with a combined investment of over Rs 40,000 crore and employment potential of over 11,000,

Five-fold increase in shipping emissions due to diversions

The extraordinary redrawing of the seaborne trading map between Asia and Europe over the past couple of months since the Houthis intervened in the ongoing war in Gaza is having a deleterious effect on shipping’s carbon footprint with one new report suggesting shippers might experience a more than five-fold increase in CO2 emissions per container