PaxOcean, one of Kuok Singapore Limited’s (KSL) maritime group businesses, will be working with Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU) on a 30-month project to develop shipboard post-combustion carbon capture technologies. The project will be led by Professor Wang Xin, chair of the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at NTU. The project, called “Application of
The intra-Asia trades, container shipping’s pipelines, are set to get the green corridor treatment. ‘Silk Alliance’, named after the famous Silk Road, brings together shipowners including Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), Pacific International Lines (PIL), Wan Hai Lines, X-Press Feeders, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp; shipyard, Keppel Offshore & Marine; bunker logistical supplier, Singfar International; engine
The Port of Virginia expects to meet all of its operational electricity needs from clean-energy resources by 2024. The port is moving forward with its goal of becoming completely carbon-neutral by 2040. The port is already sourcing some electricity for its on-terminal cargo operations from renewable sources. The port is already using electric equipment in
According to the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) the refining sector only accounts for 3% of the global energy sector emission. This was revealed at the second Refining and Specifications Virtual Workshop organised by the ARDA and monitored by Investors King. According to them, as the fuel combustion accounts for 80% of refinery carbon
According to the latest Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report by USDA released recently, the corn use for fuel ethanol production in March was up compared to both the previous month and March 2021. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was at 511 million bushels in March, up 12 percent when compared to
Beijing Gas, a Chinese gas supplier, has entered into an agreement with SK E&S, the South Korea’s green energy company, for the development of LNG and hydrogen projects in China. The agreement refers to LNG business, blue and green hydrogen production, as well as fuel cell power generation. Both companies agreed to share operational know-how
The Great Eastern Shipping Company has completed India’s first trials on an MR tanker in international waters using biofuel-blend. The trials were conducted on biofuel grade B20M, a blend of ISCC certified 20% FAME biofuel and 80% VLSFO was bunkered at Dubai anchorage, UAE from a German company UNIPER Energy. The trials were conducted with
POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, has announced that the company will invest $30 million and reopen its ethanol production facility in Cloverdale, Indiana. The company had idled the Cloverdale facility in 2019. The plant reopening in 2023 will create 50 local jobs and use 34 million bushels of corn annually. POET will invest
Spanish energy utility Iberdrola has committed to investing €3bn ($3.2bn) in green hydrogen as part of its efforts to expedite the European Green Deal. Initially agreed on in 2020, the European Green Deal calls for a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050. Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Galán
Purem by Eberspaecher is introducing efficient exhaust technology for hydrogen engines. The company will be presenting its H2-ICE exhaust system for the first time. These H2-ICE exhaust systems are now being adapted to the CO2-neutral fuel. Hydrogen engines have potential as a drive type with CO2-neutral fuel, especially for heavy-load transport and in off-highway vehicles.