Airbus starts giving upto 5 percent SAF free for delivery flights

Airbus has started offering upto 5% pure sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to customers taking aircraft from its Toulouse and Hamburg delivery centres. “The first airline to benefit from this offer was IndiGo, whose new A320neo took off from Toulouse on 3 July,” Airbus said. “At their discretion, customers ferrying aircraft from our Tianjin, China, and

Zemba to invite bids For zero-emission shipping services

The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), which is seeking to fast-track the commercial deployment of zero-emission shipping, has announced plans to issue requests for proposals (RfP) for zero-emission container shipping services to be delivered by 2025. Launched in March, ZEMBA was co-founded by the Aspen Institute, Amazon, Patagonia and Tchibo. It is an initiative

Tata Steel joins LeadIT to drive net-zero industry transformation

Tata Steel has joined the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), a global initiative to accelerate the transition to net-zero emissions in heavy industry. LeadIT was created by the governments of Sweden and India during the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019 and is backed by the World Economic Forum. The group brings together

MAN and Shell to explore marine carbon footprint solutions

Together, the companies will work on optimising carbon capture plants through the modularisation and standardisation of compressor solutions.

Aluminium will speedup journey to net zero

According to a 2017 World Bank report, ‘The Growing Role of Minerals and Metals for a Low Carbon Future’, aluminium is one among a select group of metals that will lead the global transition to a low-carbon future.

Japan to invest hugely in hydrogen for decarbonization

Under the revised Basic Hydrogen Strategy, approved at a meeting between relevant ministers, the country also plans to increase its hydrogen supply sixfold from the current level of 2 million tons to around 12 million tons by 2040.

ICS says maritime decarbonization at risk amid divided opinions

Uncertainty over sustainable marine fuel availability and infrastructure has put at risk the shipping industry’s pursuit of decarbonization, with opinions divided over the future bunker landscape, the trade association International Chamber of Shipping said. When releasing its annual survey of industry executives over top industry concerns, the ICS—which represents more than 80% of the world’s

Decarbonizing the logistics industry

Of late, the shipping and other industries have come under the lens of decarbonization. The logistics industry is also under increasing pressure to move forward and adopt sustainable and greener practices. According to a report by Stand.earth and Clea Mobility Collective, global delivery and e-commerce companies’ last-mile emissions amount to approximately 4.5 megatons of CO2.

Oil demand may take a dip in transport sector by 2050

According to DNV’s latest Transport in Transition report, electricity’s share in transport will grow from the existing 1% to 23% in 2050. The report draws on DNV’s system dynamics-based Energy Transition Outlook model and explores the vast changes in fuels, electricity and infrastructure needed to transport ever-larger numbers of people and volumes of freight while

Wärtsilä to collaborate with MPA in maritime decarbonisation

Technology group Wärtsilä and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at collaborating in mutually beneficial areas to enable the introduction of next generation renewable fuels, optimise digital port operations, and develop future talent. Under the MoU, signed in April, MPA and Wärtsilä will explore renewable