India on course for a low carbon future, says Amitabh Kant

In spite of several challenges facing the world today, India as G20 president sees opportunities in them, the G20 sherpa said. Biofuels and green hydrogen are at the centre of India’s energy transition pathway, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said at a Hindustan Times event on sustainable development goals and biofuels, part of a series of

Saint-Gobain launches low-carbon glass production

Such environmental performances could be reached thanks to the use of 2/3rd of recycled content as raw material, natural gas, and electricity from renewable energy sources.

First hydrogen Chinese train can touch top speed of 160 km/h

China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) unveiled its latest green low-carbon technology achievement-a hydrogen-powered urban train. The hydrogen-powered urban train released this time has a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour and can achieve an ultra-long range of 600 kilometers. The front end of the train adopts a fully enclosed design, and the streamlined

CBA launches finance to achieve sustainability goals

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is launching a range of new green asset finance solutions to support businesses investing in green vehicles, equipment and machinery and achieving their sustainability goals, while also lowering energy costs and boosting productivity. CBA’s new Green Vehicle and Equipment Finance offers discounts of up to 1 per cent off the

Tata Chemicals to collaborate with Vertex for low carbon hydrogen

Vertex Hydrogen has signed a heads of terms offtake agreement for over 200 megawatts of low carbon hydrogen with Northwich-based Tata Chemicals Europe. TCE is one of Europe’s producers of sodium carbonate, salt, sodium bicarbonate and other products used in the manufacture of food and animal feed, glass, detergents, chemicals and several other industry applications.

Virgin Voyages partners with RSB and three fuel providers for low carbon fuel

Virgin Voyages, a new cruise line, announced that it has partnered with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), along with three waste-based sustainable fuel providers to deliver low carbon fuels to the marine industry. Argent Energy, GoodFuels and Twelve are collaborating with the cruise line to further advance Virgin Voyages’ commitment of reaching net zero

UK launches world’s first hydrogen subsidy scheme

The UK government has officially opened the world’s first national low carbon subsidy scheme for hydrogen. The scheme is aimed at achieving a target of 1GW of clean hydrogen production by 2025 on the way to 10GW of low carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030. The UK government in 2020 announced a plan to develop 5GW

Tata Steel and BHP to collaborate to study on low carbon technology

Tata Steel has signed an agreement with BHP to jointly study and explore low-carbon iron and steelmaking technology. Under the partnership, the Indian steelmaker and the Australian mining and metals company plan to reduce emission intensity through the use of biomass as a source of energy and the application of carbon capture and utilisation in

CMA CGM and MPA to collaborate on decarbonisation in maritime industry

The CMA CGM Group (CMA CGM) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have signed agreement to promote decarbonisation, digitalisation, and innovation across the maritime industry. Both the companies have said that they will explore the use of zero and low-carbon marine fuels including e-methanol, e-methane, and biofuels for commercial shipping. The deal

Chevron plans to accelerate investments in low-carbon hydrogen

Oil major, Chevron plans to spend about $2.5 billion building up its hydrogen business to accelerate its investment in low-carbon technologies. The company will develop both green and blue hydrogen. Chevron announced last autumn that it was allocating $10 billion toward developing renewable fuels, hydrogen and carbon capture through 2028, but it didn’t specify how