Olectra Greentech Limited, a subsidiary of Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL), has been awarded a contract to supply 550 pure electric buses to the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC). The order is the largest single order for electric buses in South India and a significant milestone in Telangana’s push for large-scale clean, green
DB Schenker and MSC signed an agreement to transport at least 30,000 TEUs of cargo with net-zero emissions in 2023, part of a move to decarbonize ocean freight. The forwarder secured 12,000 metric tons of biofuel, which will be mixed with fossil-based marine fuels for all of its less-than-container load, full-container-load and refrigerated containers shipments
Wärtsilä has received its first order for carbon capture and storage (CSS)-ready scrubbers for delivery in 2023. The 35 MW units will be fitted on four 8,200 teu boxships under construction at an Asian shipyard in an open loop configuration. Wärtsilä said it will perform additional design and engineering work to ensure that future retrofits
Symbioticware announced a $3.9 million partnership with SpaceX subsidiary, Swarm Technologies, that will help maintain full connectivity for mining vehicles anywhere in the world. Accordingly, Swarm Technologies is a California-based space communications company that provides low–cost, long–range, and low–power wireless networks for the Internet of Things (IoT). The proposed platform is based on Symbioticware’s 40Sight.ai,
The ABS Chairman, President and CEO underscored the pivotal role of shipping in driving the global clean energy transition in a series of appearances at the energy industry conference CERAWeek. Christopher J. Wiernicki told the annual gathering of ministers and CEOs from global energy and utilities, as well as automotive, manufacturing, policy and financial communities,
Shell, Equinor and Tanzania’s government have made a major breakthrough on plans to build a $30 billion liquefied natural gas project in the East African country. The huge project aims to pipe some 40 trillion cubic feet of gas held in deepwater blocks 1, 2 and 4 to a 10 million tonnes per annum LNG
MSC is ready to embrace alternative fuels as part of its commitment to decarbonize its operations. Accordig to Claudio Abbate, Vice President of Maritime Policy and Government Affairs at MSC Group, the company is willing to adopt and embrace alternative fuel solutions. The panel examined the wider adoption of decarbonized shipping trade routes, also known
The Indian government is planning to create a carryover stock of ethanol for the next year anticipating a rise in demand for E20 fuel in the country. E20 fuel is a blend of 20 percent ethanol with petrol. The government aims to achieve the 20 percent ethanol blending target by 2025. Like sugar, the government
A small passenger plane, nicknamed Lightning McClean, departed Moses Lake and flew for 15 minutes as the first of its kind to run on hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. Alex Koll, an experienced former US Air Force test pilot and the Universal Hydrogen’s chief test pilot, led the maiden voyage of the modified Dash-8 aircraft. He
The International Copper Association (ICA) members have aligned on an ambition to reach net zero in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2050, and work toward the same goal for Scope 3 emissions. As copper demand is set to double by 2050, the roadmap, Copper – The Pathway to Net Zero, sets out a