Bureau Veritas calls for standardized safety regulations to accelerate adoption of electrification technology

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has called for greater clarity regarding standardized safety regulations that will advance the development of maritime electrification technologies, following the publication of a new technology report, Maritime Electrification: Maritime Battery Systems and Onshore Power Supply. The report explores how electrification technologies – specifically Energy Storage

HD Hyundai, Maersk Collaborate on Innovation in Decarbonization and Smart Logistics

Maersk (Maersk) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a collaboration on decarbonisation solutions for vessels, while HD Hyundai plans to expand the use of Maersk’s integrated logistics services across its affiliates.The signing ceremony, held at the HD Hyundai Global R&D Center (GRC) in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, was attended by key

Ports of Indiana and Cork partner on major green initiatives

A newly signed MOU between Ireland and Indiana envisions a green shipping route and new container service.Indiana officials visited Cork, Ireland, to develop marine and air connectivity. The ports signed the MOU to work on economic, environmental, and technology efforts and investigate an Ireland-to-Indiana expedited container shipping service. As reported, Ireland was Indiana’s top importer

By December, India will implement a national green steel initiative.

Indian government intends to instigate a national green steel mission by December of this year. In order to encourage sustainable production, it is anticipated that the definition of such products will be established in October. According to Sandeep Poundrick, secretary of the Ministry of Steel, the initiative is based on the National Green Hydrogen Mission.

Sustainability: Technology is key to achieve decarbonization goals

Of late, governments across the world are aggressively considering and unveiling plans to bring in to force sustainability initiatives and decarbonization targets to realize net-zero emissions by 2050 or before. A majority of the nations which have committed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 target date are smoothly moving forward on that path.  Innovative and technological-driven ideas

Decarbonization and energy transition: how does the utility sector change?

After the COP-26 climate summit held at Glasgow in UK, climate change has become an important subject for several industries to rethink of the emission standards implemented their operations or processes. The power, utilities and renewables (PU&R) sector is one among which has a substantial role to play in the transition to clean energy. Decarbonisation

Veolia launches solution to produce CO2-neutral biofuel

Veolia launches the world’s largest biorefinery project producing CO2-neutral bio-methanol from a pulp mill, located in Finland. The project allows to unlock the potential of this alternative source of feedstock for biofuel that is almost completely unexplored to date. Developed in close cooperation with Metsä Fibre, the largest cooperative forestry association in Europe, the refinery

Sinopec plans to increase domestic LNG production

China’s state-owned oil and gas company Sinopec plans to boost natural gas production by 4.8% in 2022 and continue developing the gas supply chain to meet decarbonization and energy security targets, Chairman Ma Yongsheng said. “The natural gas business will not only support the company’s transformation, but also generate good profit, because of which we

‘Fossil fuels are choking humanity’: Major UN report sounds the alarm

The world’s leading climate scientists on Monday warned human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature, with people and ecosystems least able to cope being the hardest hit. The highly anticipated report from the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, approved by 195 member states, makes clear that minor, reactive or incremental