European Union countries have agreed to phase-out new fossil fuel car sales from 2035. The deal makes it likely that the proposal will become EU law. The ministers’ agreements will form their position in upcoming negotiations with the EU Parliament on the final laws. Parliament has already backed the 2035 car target. After more than
H2 Green has signed a deal with Shoreham Port to develop a renewable energy hub that will remove emissions from its fleet of trucks and HGVs and be a catalyst for the wider region’s transport decarbonisation. The development will include the creation of a hydrogen hub integrated with onshore wind and solar power generation.
Environment ministers in the European Council (EC) have agreed to include maritime shipping emissions within the scope of the EU emissions trading system (ETS), part of the “Fit for 55” package. The scheme aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. The Council agreed to phase in
Rolls-Royce now forays to the hydrogen production market with the acquisition of 54% majority stake in electrolysis stack specialist Hoeller Electrolyzer. Hoeller Electrolyzer, based in Wismar, Germany, is an early-stage technology company that is developing highly efficient polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) stacks, under the brand name Prometheus, for the cost-effective production of hydrogen. The technology
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) have completed the first biofuel bunker operation for a vehicle carrier in Singapore. The operation was completed with the support from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. The MOL-operated car and truck carrier, Heroic Ace, was refuelled by TotalEnergies-supplied biofuel on 11 June 2022 via
According to oil giant BP Plc annual Statistical Review of World Energy report released recently, the dirtiest fossil fuel made a comeback last year. Last year’s global increase in energy use resulted in a rebound of greenhouse gas emissions, which had seen a sharp drop in 2020. The findings show the difficulty of achieving pledges
Daimler Truck is putting a fuel-cell truck prototype into operation in Germany to test the use of liquid hydrogen. A newly installed prototype filling station at the development and testing center in Worth, Germany, enables refueling with liquid hydrogen. Daimler Truck recently celebrated the first successful liquid hydrogen (LH2) refueling of the Mercedes-Benz GenH2 protype
Mitsubishi Heavy Industry (MHI), a Japanese engineering firm, and Alexandria National Refining and Petrochemicals (ANRPC) from Egypt plan to introduce hydrogen into the oil refining process at ANRPC’s refineries to cut CO2 emissions. MHI has signed an agreement with ANRPC on the hydrogen introduction. MHI will convert the existing boiler at ANRPC’s refinery that currently
Dynagas LNG Partners has said that the German government has picked up the charters of its three LNG carriers previously fixed to Russia’s Gazprom. The vessels have been under the control of Germany’s Federal Network Agency since April after it took over Gazprom Germania and all its subsidiaries, the indirect parent of Gazprom Marketing and
Ariel Corporation and Hoerbiger have agreed to work together to provide hydrogen compressors used in public transportation, large fleet vehicles, private trucking companies, trains, boats and other transportation markets. Ariel and Hoerbiger have worked together over the past year, using their combined research, development, design, material science, manufacturing, and assembly capabilities to develop compressors needed