Wärtsilä to future-proof container vessels with CCS-Ready scrubber tech

Technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply its latest carbon capture and storage-ready scrubber systems – CCS-Ready scrubbers – for three container ships owned by German operator Leonhardt & Blumberg. A CCS-Ready solution will assure Leonhardt & Blumberg that it has continued regulatory compliance for SOx emissions today and opens the door to a

Airbus studying hydrogen technology readiness

Airbus would require laboratory validations equivalent to a technology readiness level (TRL) of 3 or 4, according to Mathias Andriamisaina, head of ZEROe demonstrators and testing, in order to choose a propulsion system for its ZEROe hydrogen aircraft in 2026–2027, as reported by Aviation Week. The contest is essentially between the two prime technological pathways

Chemship blazes the trail with wind propelled chemical tanker

Chemship commissioned its first ship with wind assisted ship propulsion. This makes the MT Chemical Challenger the first chemical tanker in the world to be equipped with sustainable wind technology. The ship will serve on shipping company Chemship’s Trans-Atlantic route between the East Coast of the United States and the Mediterranean. This week four 16-metre-high

New technology for accurate monitoring of black carbon emissions from vessels

In a collaborative effort, Green Instruments A/S, significant maritime stakeholders, and Danish Technological Institute have developed a real-time flue gas sensor technology to accurately measure black carbon emissions from ships. The sensor technology could potentially become instrumental in meeting the increasing regulatory demands of the shipping industry for black carbon emission standards. Its real-time monitoring

A new system for producing green hydrogen cheaply

What does it take to produce green hydrogen more efficiently and cheaply? Apparently, small ruthenium particles and a solar-powered system for water electrolysis. This is the solution identified by a joint team involving the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology, IIT) of Genoa, and BeDimensional S.p.A. (an IIT spin-off). The technology, developed in

IEA says don’t bank on carbon capture

Carbon capture and storage has become a key plank of the Canadian oil and gas sector’s decarbonization goals, but a new report from the International Energy Agency warns against banking on the technology as the planet continues to warm. In a report released recently, the Paris-based IEA said oil and gas companies need to start

LMT successfully trials 5G maritime technology

Latvian mobile innovator LMT, in collaboration with the local technical port services provider LVR Fleet, has recently succeeded in trialing the 5G technology maritime concept that holds the potential to enable 5G connectivity over open waters. The trial was conducted on the Daugava River in Riga, Latvia, and demonstrated uninterrupted 5G shore-to-ship and ship-to-ship connectivity.

New technology for converting CO2 to CO holds potential

A new energy-efficient carbon dioxide capture technology that converts carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide under electro catalytic conditions under ambient temperatures in the presence of water has been developed with potential for application in the steel sector. In efforts to support India’s goal for net-zero emissions by 2070, the DST-supported National Centre of Excellence in

Microsoft funding new technology for carbon removal

Microsoft agreed to fund a carbon capture technology that uses the natural properties of limestone to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, the startup firm Heirloom Carbon announced. The tech giant will purchase about $200 million worth of carbon credits — equivalent to 315,000 tons of carbon — over 10 years from Heirloom to

Era of Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles to begin…World-class technology

Amid the fierce competition throughout the globe to develop hydrogen mobility technologies to achieve carbon neutrality, a new technology for a 2-liter class hydrogen-fueled engine (a passenger car hydrogen engine) capable of running entirely on hydrogen has been developed for the first time in the country. The joint research team led by Principal Researcher Young