NTPC inks pact with EIL for green fuels

NTPC Limited has signed an MoA with Engineers India Limited (EIL) wherein NETRA (the R&D centre of NTPC Ltd.) can take up collaborative projects in the domain of carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), green fuel, green chemicals including green hydrogen, green ammonia etc, green fertilizers, bio-fuels, decarbonization, waste handling, water, ash etc. leading to

MHI and EGAT to collaborate on clean power generation

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Thailand’s Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study and exchange information relating to clean power generation, hydrogen, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies. The MoU was signed in support of Thailand’s of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Set to take

Honeywell’s technology converts ethanol-to-SAF

Honeywell announced an innovative ethanol-to-jet fuel (ETJ) processing technology that allows producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Demand for SAF continues to grow but the aviation industry is challenged by limited supplies of traditional SAF feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal fats and waste oils, says the release.

Hyundai to collaborate with KIER for carbon neutral technology

Hyundai Steel has reached into an agreement with the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) to push for comprehensive cooperation on technologies in the energy and environment sectors with the goal of leading the steel industry’s movement towards carbon neutrality. The two sides agreed to work together to develop technologies of carbon capture, utilization and

Toho Gas in Japan likely to deliver hydrogen from 2024

Toho Gas, a Japanese gas distributor, plans to start delivering hydrogen produced from natural gas at a plant with an output capacity of 1.7 t/d in Chita, central Japan’s Aichi prefecture, by 2024. The produced hydrogen is expected to have its carbon dioxide emissions offset with carbon credits and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)

Mitsubishi completes conceptual study for ammonia/LCO2 carrier

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group based in Yokohama, has completed a conceptual study for the design of an “Ammonia/Liquefied CO2 Carrier” capable of transporting both ammonia and liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2). The extensive study conducted with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. provides the basis for a type of vessel with potential

Natural gas should be part of the energy future

Too often, policymakers want to talk about issues in terms of black and white. In energy and climate policy, that tends to lead to the “renewables vs. fossil fuels” line of thinking. We’ve seen policymakers try to legislate away the use of fossil fuels in the U.S. (Rep. Tulsi Gabbert’s 2017 “Off Fossil Fuels” legislation)