Wärtsilä to future-proof container vessels with CCS-Ready scrubber tech

Technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply its latest carbon capture and storage-ready scrubber systems – CCS-Ready scrubbers – for three container ships owned by German operator Leonhardt & Blumberg. A CCS-Ready solution will assure Leonhardt & Blumberg that it has continued regulatory compliance for SOx emissions today and opens the door to a

LR partners with Amogy and Rotoboost on fuel cell and CCS study

UK classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has entered into a joint development project (JDP) with Norway-headquartered hydrogen company Rotoboost and U.S.-based provider of ammonia-to-power solutions Amogy, seeking to assess opportunities for emissions reduction through a fuel cell and pre-combustion carbon capture storage system (CCS) study. As per LR, the JDP will evaluate hydrogen fuel cells,

Analysts say blue hydrogen is not green

Environmental analysts have hit out at UK government plans to promote ‘blue’ hydrogen, claiming it could derail the UK’s net-zero target. So-called ‘blue’ hydrogen is produced by burning natural gas coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS). Although hydrogen is favoured as a possible replacement for fossil fuels, its reliance on natural gas for its

Scientists at Skoltech discover new way to produce hydrogen

A team of Russian scientists from Moscow’s Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) has unveiled a potentially groundbreaking approach to hydrogen production within gas wells. This method eliminates the need for capturing carbon at the surface, potentially bypassing the costly and complex carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Their lab experiment suggests extracting up

Carbon Clean signs MOU with AGRA Industries to provide semi-modular CCS

In the UK, Carbon Clean has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with AGRA Industries. Under the strategic partnership, AGRA Industries and Carbon Clean will collaborate to provide Carbon Clean’s semi-modular CaptureX technology to companies in agriculture-related sectors, including the production of biofuel ethanol and sustainable aviation fuels. Carbon Clean’s CaptureX technology is proven across

Bureau Veritas assesses technical viability of carbon capture tech

Bureau Veritas (BV) has released a report which assesses the technical viability of current carbon capture & storage (CCS) technology within the marine market. The technology report, titled Onboard Carbon Capture: An Overview of Technologies to Capture CO2 Onboard Ships, details the current state of play regarding a wide range of emerging CCS technologies. The

Classification societies on new fuels pathway

China Classification Society (CCS) has released 87 green-ship-related guidelines and provided classification services for over 30 methanol or ammonia fueled vessels. Korean Register (KR) is currently developing a 4-stroke ammonia-fueled engine with HD KSOE and STX Engine, with a dual focus on engine performance and crew safety. At the research facility, the risks are being

Carbon Clean starts CCS module construction

Carbon Clean has achieved a fabrication milestone on Ørsted’s FlagshipONE project, Europe’s largest commercial-scale e-methanol facility under construction. The first equipment has been mounted on the structural steel of the first module, marking the start of the module assembly process. Once operational, Carbon Clean’s technology will be capable of capturing 70,000 tonnes of biogenic CO2

Basin Electric Power CO2 capture projects receive funding

Basin Electric Power Cooperative said several carbon capture and storage (CCS) research projects hosted at the co-op’s Dry Fork Station near Gillette, Wyoming have earned federal funding. The 405 MW coal-fired Dry Fork plant is home to the Wyoming Integrated Test Center. The CCS testing facility allows CO2 capture technology companies access to the flue

ClassNK okays ‘world’s first’ onboard CCS installation

ClassNK has granted its Shipboard Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage-Full (SCCS-Full) class notation to the Panama-flagged boxship Ever Top, a Neopanamax container vessel owned by Taiwan’s ocean carrier Evergreen. The notation signifies that the vessel is now equipped with an onboard CO2 capture and storage (CCS) systems, marking it as the world’s first Neopanamax container