Crew transfer vessel operator Windcat Workboats, part of Antwerp-based shipping and logistics group Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), together with its joint venture partners Thomas Services Maritime (TSM) and FRS Offshore, will be adding six additional hydrogen-powered vessels by 2024. The new order follows the launch of the world’s first hydrogen-powered CTV, the Hydrocat 48, and
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions and Swiss technology group ABB have teamed up to develop a dual-fuel electric plant concept based on MAN’s recently launched 49/60DF four-stroke engine and ABB’s Dynamic AC (DAC) fuel optimisation system. With the upcoming International Maritime Organization’s EEXI (Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index) for existing ships and the CII
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has returned to Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC) for more dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The Shanghai-listed energy transport unit of China Merchants Group has exercised an option for the construction of two additional 175,000 cu m ships, and also signed a letter of intent with DSIC for up to
Making aviation biofuels from non-food crops is the goal of a new Department of Energy-funded project that includes significant contributions from Washington State University. WSU’s portion of the five-year, $12.8 million grant totals just over $1.1 million. The grant is part of a larger DOE project that is providing $178 million to advance bioenergy technology.
Hydrogen could be the key to a low-carbon and resilient energy system that provides access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all, and supports the transition to net-zero GHG emissions. On 22 September 2022, the Committee on Sustainable Energy at its 31st session discussed a “Comprehensive and science-based terminology, classification and taxonomy for
KBR has announced that it has signed a master license and engineering agreement with Giammarco-Vertrocoke S.R.L. for KBR to license its carbon capture technology globally. This carbon capture technology is well-proven, energy efficient, flexible, and can be integrated across the value chain for blue ammonia, petrochemical, and refining industries. KBR strives to create a better,
The world’s first offshore hydrogen production unit has been inaugurated in the port of Saint-Nazaire, France, ahead of its official trials off the Atlantic coast. The unit, called Sealhyfe, will, following a phase of dockside tests, connect to BW Ideol’s landmark floating offshore wind turbine operating at the Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN) SEM-REV test
US-based onboard carbon capture startup Carbon Ridge has raised $6m in funding from several investors including compatriot shipping and logistics company Crowley and Singapore-based owner Berge Bulk. The funding round, led by the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment and which also included Rusheen Capital Management and Plug and Play Ventures, will enable
Mercedes F1 has discovered a practical way to reduce CO2 emissions in their quest to make F1 more environmentally friendly. Their trial tests on race team trucks have been extremely successful, and they have the potential to make significant changes For a long time, F1 has attempted to implement changes that will benefit the ecosystem.
The first prototype of the hydrogen fuel cell Ford Ranger ute dubbed the Warrego by its developer, the Australian start-up H2X Global, has hit the road in the Netherlands. And to prove it, H2X has issued two videos, one showing the previous-generation Ranger dual-cab ute in action and the other adding a look under the