Clean Air Engineering–Maritime has received approval from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its latest vessel stack exhaust capture and treatment system, the ShoreKat. This shore-based technology is designed to reduce emissions while minimising the impact on vessel performance and operating costs. The ShoreKat technology is an air pollution control system that removes particulate
Wärtsilä and WEC Energy Group have successfully completed tests using a hydrogen fuel blend to power a Wärtsilä engine. The tests were carried out in October 2022 at one of the US company’s power plants in Michigan, USA with an unmodified Wärtsilä 50SG engine and a 25 vol% H2 blend. The engine continued to supply
India is reportedly considering the creation of a strategic reserve of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to protect against potential supply shortages or price spikes in the future, following the country’s energy crisis last year, according to a senior executive at India’s leading LNG importer. The government has “proposed we should have more storage space for
Tamil Nadu plans to raise 50bn rupees ($605mn) through investments for boosting molasses and grain-based ethanol production and meet its ethanol-blending requirement. The state’s ethanol blending policy 2023 will support domestic production of fuel-grade ethanol under the national Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme, which has set a target of 20% ethanol blending in gasoline (E20)
NGEL, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC, signed a joint venture agreement with IOCL for setting up of renewable energy projects to meet round the clock power requirement of IOCL refineries. The agreement was signed in the presence of Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC; Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, chairman, IOCL; DK Patel, director (HR), NTPC; UK Bhattacharya,
India was the biggest buyer of seaborne Urals oil in March and the country’s demand for the grade means Russia has to maintain high exports, two traders said and Refinitiv Eikon data showed. Refiners in India, which in the past rarely bought Russian oil, because of high transport costs, have emerged as key oil clients
Parliament and Council reached a deal on cleaner maritime fuels, asking to cut ship emissions by 2% as of 2025 and by 80% as of 2050, to help the EU become climate neutral. A provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and Council negotiators sets up a fuel standard for ships to steer the EU
A launch ceremony for a Japanese liquefied CO2 transportation demonstration test ship was held at the Shimonoseki Shipyard of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Corporation. At the launch ceremony, participants from related organisations including the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, NEDO (the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) and the shipowner, Sanyu Kisen were on hand.
Most climate models do not yet account for a new UC Riverside discovery: methane traps a great deal of heat in Earth’s atmosphere, but also creates cooling clouds that offset 30% of the heat. Greenhouse gases like methane create a kind of blanket in the atmosphere, trapping heat from Earth’s surface, called longwave energy, and
National Maritime Day Celebration (central) Committee (NMDC), under the aegis of Directorate General Of Shipping, Ministry Of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India is celebrating Merchant Navy week across the country between 30th March to 5th April 2023. A Maritime Awareness Walk – 2023 is organised on 02nd April 2023 at Shipping Corporation of