For Many, Blue Hydrogen Is the Fuel of the Future. New Research Raises Doubts.
Industry has been promoting blue hydrogen as a reliable, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes and generate electricity. It may, in fact, be worse for the climate than previously thought. It is seen by many as the clean energy of the future. Billions of…
European Commission study backs three short-term measures to speed up shipping’s decarbonisation
Ahead of this month’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, a study commissioned by the European Commission has suggested there are just three ways the current fleet can meet 2030 CO2 emissions targets. The study, researched by…
Environmental impacts of shipping
At today’s turning point in the history of human civilization, we are now called as a nation with a profound history of centuries to protect nature, to leave our mark on the planet, being one of the greatest Marine forces in the history of this…
European ports welcome Parliament’s explicit support to remove the TAX barriers fro shore-side electricity for Ships
The Transport committee of the European Parliament supported yesterday the removal of tax barriers for the uptake of shore-side electricity supply (OPS) in ports for ships at berth. The Ertug report on the deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels in the EU which was voted…
Corvus Energy secures contract for new Norwegian all-electric, battery powered ferry
Corvus Energy’s next generation Orca Energy ESS has been selected to power a new Fjord1 all-electric ferry Richmond, B.C. – November 30, 2017 – Corvus Energy is pleased to announce that it has been chosen by Norwegian Electric System (NES) to supply a lithium ion based…
Alternatives Energies associated with the experimentation of the first hydrogen passenger ship
With its partners Michelin Research and Technologies, HP Systems, University of Technology Belfort Montbéliard and EVE System, Alternatives Energies this week launched the first experiment of a hydrogen propulsion on a passenger ship in La Rochelle. Named Galileo, the ship is part of the YéloH2…
Wärtsilä to supply solutions for six new Chinese container feeder ships
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply a range of products and solutions for six new 1160TEU container feeder vessels to be built at the Fujian Mawei shipyard in China. The project has been developed by MarLink Project Management in Germany together with various investors. This series…
The Sanguinaires Isles in hybrid boats
Since last year, the large site of Parata offers tourists to discover the islands archipelago Sanguinaires aboard two hybrid boats provided by the company ODC Marine combining diesel and electric propulsion. “There are two 400 horsepower engines to go directly to the area. At that…
EU ministers likely to oppose EU carbon market regulation of shipping
By James Crisp | EURACTIV.com European Union member states are likely to oppose the regulation of shipping in draft reforms to the bloc’s carbon market. Environment ministers are meeting in Brussels today (28 February) and are expected to adopt a general approach on the post-2020…
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