Chart Industries has acquired 5 per cent ownership of Transform Materials, a U.S.-based technology company that uses microwave plasma to convert natural gas into acetylene and hydrogen. Courtesy of Chart The process that this sustainable chemical technology company uses is selective, cost-effective, and net-carbon-negative and it converts the methane in
As the maritime industry embarks upon the fourth propulsion revolution, ammonia has been identified as one of the key alternatives to fossil fuels in the shipping’s pathway toward becoming carbon neutral. Ammonia-fuelled ammonia gas carrier; Image Courtesy: NYK There has been a notable increase in the uptake of large ammonia
Japanese cruise shipping company NYK Cruises, part of the NYK Group, has ordered an LNG-powered 51,950 GT cruise ship from German shipbuilder Meyer Werft. Rendering of the new cruise ship. Photo: NYK/Meyer Werft The order is said to be significant because no shipping company has placed a newbuilding order for
Finnish shipping outfit Meriaura Group has started the preparation and design of a transport concept that is to achieve 100 per cent carbon neutrality. Courtesy of Meriaura Group The details and commercial operating model of the new transport concept are in process and under development. The concept is based on
German gas companies Wintershall Dea and VNG have jointly invested in HiiROC, a Hull-based hydrogen technology partner. Courtesy of Wintershall Dea HiiROC, the company based in Hull, England, produces hydrogen through a unique plasma process. The company has further developed methane pyrolysis technology to accelerate the cost-effective and CO2-free production
Classification society Bureau Veritas has issued an ‘approval in principle’ (AiP) for Royal IHC’s hydrogen-fuelled trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). In an innovation partnership with the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat, IHC is exploring a new type of vessel referred to as the ‘LEAF’ (low energy adaptive fuel) hopper. The AiP from Bureau
GE informed it has secured a contract to provide maintenance services and digital solutions for the upcoming 718-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle power plant in Bangladesh. GE 9F.03 Gas Turbine (Courtesy of GE) The facility is owned by Reliance Bangladesh LNG & Power, a joint venture between India’s Reliance Power Limited and
Dunkerque LNG the operator of France’s Dunkirk liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal has put truck loading slots on offer. Courtesy of Dunkerque LNG The operator said on Wednesday it is launching a subscription window for slots available from May until July 2021. The binding phase will be opened on
Golden Pass LNG, a joint venture of Qatar Petroleum and Exxon Mobil, has firmed up a new feedgas supply deal with Midcoast Energy. Courtesy of Golden Pass LNG On Tuesday, 30 March, Midcoast Energy an ArcLight Capital Partners company has placed its CJ Express expansion project into service and executed
Russian Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex held a keel-laying ceremony on Tuesday for the first of three ice-class MR product tankers, ordered by SCF Atlantic, a subsidiary of SCF Group. The MR-type product carrier will be operating on LNG as a marine fuel as a means of cutting sulfur and NOx emissions. The 1B-ice