C-Job introduces alternative fuels for dredging

C-Job Naval Architects created multiple concept designs of dredgers that make use of methanol as a marine fuel. Methanol is an easy switch for vessels that previously made use of traditional fuels like diesel, making it a good choice for dredgers. It has no sulfur oxide (SOx) and particulate matter emissions. When produced in a

Importance of high purity CO2 as feedstock

Carbon capture and storage has been at the top of many news feeds in recent weeks but the challenges of transporting CO2 and the importance of high purity CO2 as a feedstock for e-fuels should also be a priority, says Rupert Hare, CEO of design and engineering consultancy, Houlder. The purity of CO2 is dictated

New photocatalytic system converts CO2 into valuable fuel

A joint research team from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and collaborators recently developed a stable artificial photocatalytic system that is more efficient than natural photosynthesis. The newly developed system, which replicates a natural chloroplast, is capable of transforming carbon dioxide in water into methane, a useful fuel, very efficiently using light. This

UC researchers make clean biofuels from CO2

A group of researchers from the University of Cambridge (UC) have developed a solar-powered reactor that converts captured CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable fuels and other valuable chemical products. In tests, CO2 was converted into syngas, a key building block for sustainable liquid fuels, and plastic bottles were converted into glycolic acid, which is

Ahmedabad needs Rs.4.4 lakh crore to turn net zero city by 2070

In the span of one year, from 2021 to 2022, the residents of Ahmedabad released a staggering 15.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, resulting in a per capita burden of 2.1 tonnes of CO2. To transform Ahmedabad into a net zero city and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, the city will need

Shipping Industry agrees to reach netzero by 2050

The global shipping industry has agreed to reduce planet-warming gases to netzero by or around 2050. But critics say the deal is fatally flawed. Ships produce around 3% of global CO2 but countries will now have to reduce this as close as possible to zero by the middle of the century. Small island states have

CMF publishes bunkering checklists for alcohol-based fuels

Methanol, which can be carbon-neutral when produced from sustainable hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2) by direct air capture (DAC), has been used as a fuel alternative in the shipping industry on a small scale since 2015.

Navigator partners with Bumi Armada for CO2 shipping solution

Called the Bluestreak CO2 Joint Venture, the company will be equally owned by Navigator and Bumi Armada, and target emitters with no access to pipeline infrastructure, to effectively manage their CO2 emissions

OXCCU raises funding to transform CO2 into SAF

OXCCU, a leading carbon-to-value company converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into industrial and consumer products, has completed a €20.6 million Series A financing to commercialize cost-effective sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Forests do not provide a silver bullet to fight climate change

The hypothetical scenario of removing all forest management, and thus stopping any interference with forests, would only compensate for 4 years of CO2 emissions (at the 2019 CO2 emissions rate from fossil fuel).