Rolls-Royce and Flanders Electric have agreed to develop a retrofit concept for hybridizing mining trucks that can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 30%. It integrates MTU engines, batteries, and hybrid control systems, and Flanders drive train solutions. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding enabling them to offer a scalable retrofit kit
Maersk’s investment will be used to further develop and commercialize Vertoro’s patented liquid lignin technology, and it will enable Vertoro to build a demo plant, which will become operational in 2022. The output of this plant will be used to develop marine fuels in partnership with Maersk as well as other applications for the materials
Fluidized bed reactors are widely used in material processing industries for processes that require good heat and mass transfer between particles and gas. The energy provided to the fluidized bed typically comes from the warm gas that fluidizes the bed as well. Fluidisation is a technology in which a bed of solid particles is transformed
Developing 100% renewable fuel for motorsport racing, TotalEnergies plans to showcase this product in the upcoming season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), including the 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours, and the European Le Mans Series (ELMS). Races are a major driver of innovation: the extreme conditions and challenges encountered in endurance racing, such
Pine needles will no longer be a source of forest fires causing losses worth crores every year as scientists at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Nauni have devised a method to convert these into enthanol, a green biofuel. The scientists of the Department of Basic Sciences had been on the mission
How can shipowners comply with the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and improve the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) of a vessel without reducing sailing speeds? In this article we take a closer look at the potential routes for compliance and the alternative technologies available to improve energy efficiency. In June this year, the IMO’s
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has announced that, through a subsidiary, it has signed time charter contracts for four newbuilding LNG carriers with NOVATEK Gas & Power Asia Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia’s Novatek. The vessels will be constructed at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME), and are slated for
Bunker sales in August at the UAE’s Port of Fujairah, the world’s third largest bunkering hub, rose 2.5% on the month to over 700,000 cu m for the first time in 2021, according to Sept. 15 data from the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone provided exclusively to S&P Global Platts. But the sales still missed estimates,
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), set up in 2002, has played an instrumental role in transforming the country’s energy efficiency landscape. Since its inception, it has encouraged energy conservation across segments through programmes such as Standards and Labelling, Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), and Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT). The PAT scheme has been
Speaking from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort on the occasion of India’s 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a target of attaining self-reliance in energy by 2047. He thus formally announced the commencement of the National Hydrogen Mission that aims to expedite plans in order to produce carbon-free fuel from renewables.