Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras has signed an agreement to join the Oil & Gas Methane Partnership 2.0, a global initiative coordinated by the United Nations Environment Program and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition. The OGMP seeks to enable the oil and gas industry to realize deep reductions in methane emissions over the next
Sinopec put China’s first integrated methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refueling service station into operation. The integrated complex in Dalian, Liaoning province can produce 1,000 kilograms of hydrogen, with a high purity of 99.999 percent, a day, Yicai Global learned from Sinopec’s public relations department. Beijing-based Sinopec will promote the service model at its 30,000 gas stations
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) and freight forwarder DB Schenker have sealed a deal that aims to slash carbon emissions by using second-generation biofuels. The arrangement covers 12,000 tonnes of biofuel component for all of DB Schenker’s consolidated cargo, LCL (less-than-container load), FCL (full-container-load) and reefer containers from MSC. DB Schenker said the amount of biofuel,
A team of scientists have investigated the production of hydro-processed renewable diesel (HRD) with a non-sulfide catalyst, with their end goal being to develop an integrated platform for producing renewable fuels using lipid-based feedstock. Scientists aim to develop an integrated platform for the development of renewable fuel from lipid-based feedstock Renewable fuel from lipid-based feedstock
The new method from RMIT University researchers splits the seawater directly into hydrogen and oxygen – skipping the need for desalination and its associated cost, energy consumption and carbon emissions. Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean future fuel and a potential solution to critical energy challenges, especially for industries that are harder to
The European Parliament formally approved a law to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the European Union from 2035, aiming to speed up the switch to electric vehicles and combat climate change. The landmark rules will require that by 2025 carmakers must achieve a 100% cut in CO2 emissions from
Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding will build a methanol-fuelled Ultramax bulker, with delivery planned in 2025. Tsuneishi has received an order to build the 65,700 dead-weight tonne (dwt) vessel, that can run on methanol and conventional marine fuel oil. The company did not disclose the charterer or the cargo type. Domestic engineering firm Mitsui E&S will
The first solid waste-to-hydrogen plant in India will be set up in Pune at a cost of over Rs 430 crore. The plant will be set up by sustainability solutions provider TheGreenBillions Ltd (TGBL), who has entered into a 30-year-long agreement with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). It will treat 350 tonnes of solid garbage every
Cummins Inc. announced it will launch the next engine in the fuel-agnostic series, the X10, in North America in 2026. This engine, named as part of the X engine family, is positioned to replace both the L9 and the X12 with the versatility to serve both medium and heavy-duty applications. It will be compliant with
Long-term MAN Energy Solutions licensee, Mitsui E&S Machinery, has won another contract to supply the individual MAN B&W 6G50ME-LGIM (-Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) engine for a 65,700 dwt bulk carrier slated for construction at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The vessel represents the latest methanol-fuelled engine ordered by the bulk-carrier segment in recent weeks. Sachio Okumura,