The Group of Seven (G7) has launched the G7 Hydrogen Action Pact (G7-HAP), a joint initiative on low-carbon and renewable hydrogen, and its derivatives such as ammonia. The pact comes on the heels of the recently signed declarations through which some of the seven countries vowed to up their energy
The G7 countries, representing the world’s biggest economies, pledged last Friday to end direct international public financing of the fossil fuels sector starting from the end of this year and affirmed the commitment to end inefficient fossil fuel subsidies by 2025. Federal Environment and Consumer Protection Minister Steffi Lemke and
The Polish climate minister told reporters that the country might build a second floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) due to the interest of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in buying more LNG. Illustration only; Port of Gdansk; Courtesy of GAZ-SYSTEM Poland has an existing LNG terminal in Świnoujście that
Norwegian transportation services providers Lovund Skyss and Sjøtind have both entered into agreements with energy company Gen2 Energy to develop solutions that will enable the use of hydrogen as a fuel for their ferries operating in Nordland, an area of Norway where ferry connections are an important part of the
Finnish fuel systems provider Auramarine has invested in the development of one of the industry’s first methanol fuel supply units to meet the demand for methanol as a ‘promising’ future fuel. Courtesy of Auramarine The units are suitable for both two-stroke and four-stroke engines and can be adapted to suit
The Netherlands’ first bio-LNG plant has now achieved a production milestone of one million kilograms of clean fuel that originates from organic waste flows. Courtesy of Nordsol In 2020, Renewi, Nordsol, and Shell agreed upon building a Nordsol plant at a Renewi site at Amsterdam Westpoort. It opened in 2021 and it
BP, on behalf of the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), has awarded Shearwater GeoServices with a contract for geophysical data processing and imaging to advance the East Coast Cluster carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project. Shearwater’s UK Processing & Imaging centre will execute seismic data processing and imaging activity over
Italian Grimaldi Group has held a christening ceremony at the port of Valletta for Eco Malta, the latest hybrid roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel delivered to the company in March. Eco Malta. Courtesy of Grimaldi Group Said to be one of the largest and most eco-friendly Ro-Ro ships in the world, Eco Malta
UK-based LNG company Avenir LNG has taken delivery of the newbuild LNG bunkering supply vessel Avenir Achievement from the Chinese shipyard Nantong CIMC SOE. Courtesy of Avenir LNG On 30 May 2022, Avenir LNG announces the delivery of the Avenir Achievement, the second 20,000 cbm dual-purpose, LNG supply and bunkering
On 26 May, Japanese tugboat services provider Tokyo Kisen held a naming and launching ceremony of the electric tugboat Taiga, currently under construction at Kanagawa Dockyard. Courtesy of e5 Lab The 36-metre-long Taiga is powered by an electric propulsion system that combines large-capacity lithium-ion batteries developed by Japanese shipping consortium