In The Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that Dutch shipping company Jumbo Maritime has revealed that its heavy lift vessel Jumbo Jubilee has completed a transatlantic voyage to and around the United States powered mostly with biofuel. According to the report, the company chose GoodFuels‘ biofuel with the aim to cut carbon emissions. The biofuel is
A new report by an independent, Canada-based think tank found a broad consensus of published research supports the International Energy Agency’s conclusion that new oil and gas fields are at odds with the climate target. This article was originally published by Carbon Brief, a U.K.-based website covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy
Gujarat’s Modhera has emerged as India’s first 24X7 solar-powered village. It is also a ‘net-zero’ energy community, meeting 100 per cent of its energy requirements using on-site solar power. Under the project, 1 kilowatt (KW) solar panels have been installed on the roof of almost every house in Modhera in two phases. The work was
Back in the summer of 2020, Apple set the lofty goal of achieving carbon neutrality for its supply chain and products by 2030. Apple, which is estimated to have 1.8 billion devices operating across the globe, is a major cog in the global consumption machine. The company is requiring all of its 200 major manufacturing
Virgin Voyages, a new cruise line, announced that it has partnered with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), along with three waste-based sustainable fuel providers to deliver low carbon fuels to the marine industry. Argent Energy, GoodFuels and Twelve are collaborating with the cruise line to further advance Virgin Voyages’ commitment of reaching net zero
Portland-based NuScale Power and Canada’s Prodigy Clean Energy have announced a new conceptual design for a transportable and marine-based small modular reactor (SMR) power generating facility, which they are now pitching to shipyards to build. Compared to terrestrial deployments, the benefits of using Prodigy’s technologies to deploy the NuScale power plant begins with manufacturing and
Grimaldi Group, an Italian shipowner has signed an order for the construction of up to ten ammonia-ready pure car and truck carriers worth around $1bn. The Naples-based company has confirmed the expected order for five firm 9,000 ceu units at China Merchants Heavy Industries Jiangsu shipyard with an option for five additional ships. Grimaldi is
WinGD’s latest generation of X72DF-2.1 engines will power 25 vessels as part of the QatarEnergy’s North Field East (NFE) project, the biggest LNG carrier newbuilding project in history. The 50 dual-fuel engines, which feature the new on-engine intelligent control by exhaust recycling (iCER), were selected by multiple shipyards and shipowners, highlighting strong confidence in WinGD’s
Seaspan Corporation said its first vessel in a series of 10 new 15,000 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG) dual-fuel containerships has been launched at Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The newbuild, ZIM Sammy Ofer, was floated out and is scheduled to enter service under a long-term charter to Israeli shipping company ZIM
Jakson Green, part of the Jakson Group, said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Rajasthan government to invest about ₹22,400 crore, roughly $2.8 billion, in Rajasthan State to set up a Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia project in phases. Jakson Green will set up a 3,65,000 tonnes per annum Green Hydrogen