EU Innovation Fund will provide a €4.5 million grant for four Belgian companies, Prefer, a manufacturer of construction materials, Fluxys Belgium, an infrastructure operator, Lhoist, a lime producer and supplier of CO2, and Orbix, a holder of the technology and ad-hoc raw materials, for their joint CO2ncrEAT project to capture,
Report: Pakistan ready to sell LNG plants to Qatar for $1.5 billion
Pakistan’s government has decided to sell two LNG-fired plants to Qatar in a direct $1.5 billion deal to avoid a looming sovereign default, according to reports by Pakistani media outlets. Pakistani daily newspaper The Express Tribune writes that “the government has quietly delisted two power plants, which over four years
DNV partners up with Ocyan, LZ Energia to decarbonise drilling operations
Ocyan, a subsidiary of the Novonor group that provides solutions for the upstream offshore oil and gas industry in Brazil and abroad, and LZ Energia, developer of technological solutions to reduce its customers’ operations fuel consumption and air pollution, have appointed DNV, the global independent energy expert and assurance provider,
DoE backs Port of Corpus Christi’s hydrogen hub advancement
The Port of Corpus Christi has been encouraged by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstration to submit a full application for its Horizons Clean Hydrogen Hub (HCH2) through the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Program. The port sees itself as the prime applicant for the HCH2, being
INPEX taps JGC and Air Liquide for its clean hydrogen/ammonia project
Japan’s first demonstration project for the production of low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia owned and operated by INPEX Corporation is progressing with new contracts awarded to JGC Corporation and Air Liquide. Specifically, JGC Corporation has secured a contract with INPEX for the construction of ground facilities in the demonstration Kashiwazaki Clean
KSOE and partners to work on hydrogen and fuel cells
Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a research-oriented intermediate holding company of the Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI) Group, Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), and European solid oxide systems (SOC) producer ELCOGEN have agreed to collaborate in the fields of hydrogen and fuel/electrolysis cells. Courtesy of Fraunhofer
World’s largest shallow draft LNG carrier wraps up sea trials
H1837A, the world’s largest shallow draft liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, has completed its sea trial and gas trial. Credit: CCS As informed, the trials were completed on 28 December 2022. The vessel was built by Chinese shipbuilder Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding for Shenzhen Gas Group Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Gas). It is
Sembcorp Marine delivers final zero-emission battery-powered RoPax to Norled
Singapore-based shipbuilder Sembcorp Marine has completed the final unit of three identical fully battery-operated roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) ferries for Norwegian ferry operator Norled. On 9 January, Sembcorp Marine said it had marked the sailaway of the final unit, following the vessel’s handover to Norled. The vessel, named Leikanger, will now
TECO 2030’s FCM400 development enters final stages
Norway’s cleantech company TECO 2030 has completed the selection of all major component suppliers and procured the necessary parts for the first fuel cell modules FCM400, bringing the modules’ development close to completion. Courtesy of TECO 2030 The first units are now ready for assembly, with the project now shifting
MOL unveils new name, color design for LNG-powered car carriers
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has revealed a new name and a new hull color design for its car carriers, which are primarily fuelled by environment-friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG). Credit: MOL As explained, the new name, ‘BLUE’ series, embodies the MOL Group Corporate Mission “From the blue