Japanese engineering giant JGC Holdings is teaming up with Indonesian state energy company Pertamina to turn methane generated in palm oil production into a biofuel. Palm oil mill effluent collected from Indonesian plantations on the island of Sumatra and in Kalimantan will be fermented and refined to produce biomethane. Production is expected to begin in
Indian cryogenic equipment manufacturer INOXCVA has been awarded a contract by Caribbean LNG for design, engineering and supply on a turnkey basis for a mini-LNG receiving and regasification terminal to be set up in Antigua, West Indies, it said on April 19. Caribbean LNG is a joint venture between Eagle LNG Partners and Antigua Power
The Indian government has decided to invite fresh applications from those firms that have acquired land for ethanol projects and obtained environmental clearance to set up new distilleries or expansion of existing distilleries. In order to enhance ethanol production capacities in the country and to achieve 20 per cent blending by 2025, the Government of
India’s leading manufacturers of electric vehicles (EVs) gave a demonstration of their products to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Army Chief Gen M M Naravane and senior officials as the world’s second largest army gears up to induct EVs. Representatives of Tata Motors, Perfect Metal Industries and Revolt Motors showcased their EVs and briefed Singh about
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly witnessed the signing of two new Memoranda of Understanding on cooperation in the development of green hydrogen production plants in the Suez Canal Economic Zone and on the Mediterranean coast. According to a statement, the first memorandum of understanding was signed between the General Authority for the Economic Zone of
In Oman, H2-Industries and Public Establishment For Industrial Estates – Madayan signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a waste-to-hydrogen plant in conjunction with PV solar power plants with base-load capacity in the Sultanate of Oman. The facility will initially convert up to one million tons of municipal solid waste each year. The proposed US
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed up for two newbuild 174,000 cu m liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers at South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME). The dual-fuel ships come with a price tag of around $213m each and are set for delivery in the second and third quarter of 2026. Multiple shipbrokers
Transparency Market Research (TMR) sees the global LNG bunkering market rising at CAGR of 63.6 per cent in the period between 2021 and 2031. Transparency Market Research, a global market intelligence company, published an analysis report on the global LNG bunkering market and its forecast for the next decade. Firstly, it sees the stricter implementation
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announced today it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Infinium, an Electrofuels™ innovator headquartered in California. The agreement, which builds on MHI’s 2021 investment in Infinium, will focus on exploring the deployment of Infinium’s proprietary Electrofuels™ technology in the Japanese market. According to Infinium, Electrofuels™ are classified as ultra-low
The technology group Wärtsilä is to deliver its new Decarbonisation Modelling Service to Carnival Corporation as the cruise group aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its fleet. Initially tasked with establishing an optimal decarbonisation path for the cruise ship ‘Regal Princess’, the project will expand to model solutions which could be applied to the