The issue of loss and damage, as it is referred to in the climate negotiations, was included in the formal main agenda of the climate conference for the first time ever, after being discussed in a separate track for years. IN A big positive on the opening day of the climate change conference here, negotiators
Germany’s first methanol-fuelled seagoing research vessel was named during a ceremony on 1 November at Fassmer Shipyards in Berne. Christened Uthörn by the German Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger, the 35-m vessel is being built for the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). After a two-year construction phase, the €15.0M (US$14.9M) research vessel is
The investments of 125 of the world’s richest billionaires yield an annual average of three million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year, more than a million times the average for someone in the bottom 90 per cent of humanity, according to a new report by non-profit group Oxfam. These super rich people have a
As COP27 gets underway in Egypt shipping knows it needs to work together to decarbonise, and wants to act. What the industry needs now is a clear pathway to walk the talk of collaboration – and that pathway is inherently digital, argues Mikko Kuosa, CEO of NAPA. As COP27 opens in Egypt, collaboration will once
Japanese trading house Itochu is to deliver sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced by Finnish biofuels producer Neste to Japanese carrier Japan Airlines (JAL). Itochu and JAL on 25 October agreed to supply Neste’s SAF blended in Europe to JAL’s flights on 18 November, which will connect Japan’s Haneda airport near Tokyo to Naha in south
The recently released 2022 Fall Economic Statement introduces investment tax credits (ITC) for clean technologies and clean hydrogen that will help spur the transition to net-zero energy and make Canada more competitive with the United States. “Following the adoption of the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States, the need for a competitive clan technology
Indian government has fixed a price of up to 65.61 rupees for purchase of ethanol from sugar mills as the nation wants to boost blending with gasoline, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. India, the world’s third biggest oil importer and consumer, has expedited efforts to double ethanol blending with gasoline to 20% from the
PMV Electric is set to launch its first electric vehicle in the country. The company will unveil EaS-E on November 16. PMV Electric aims the upcoming EV car to be an everyday car for the city dwellers. It is said to be an affordable electric vehicle that may be offered in three different models. PMV
Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a Green energy developer, and Enel’s global renewables arm Enel Green Power (EGP) will partner to explore co-development of the green hydrogen value chain with an initial focus on Latin America and Australia. The companies, also through this collaboration, aim to make green hydrogen cost-competitive with fossil fuel-based alternatives during this
Getting to Zero Coalition members and Australian shipping and energy stakeholders formed a taskforce in June to support the development of the Australia-East Asia Iron Ore Green Corridor. The proposed green corridor would facilitate the transport of iron ore along a shipping route that supports net-zero-emission fuels. Taskforce participants came together for an in-person roundtable