Icelandic energy company Landsvirkjun and global industrial gases and engineering company Linde have signed a collaboration agreement that is expected to facilitate energy transition in Iceland through the development of clean hydrogen and e-fuel projects. Landsvirkjun said the partnership will comb
Low and zero-emission fuels supplier Titan has completed ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation on LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Jasmine Leader owned by Japanese shipping company NYK Line. According to Titan, the operation was executed on 8 April in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in B
South Korea’s flagship carrier HMM announced that it has cut its carbon emissions by half over the past decade. Namely, the shipping major’s data shows that the CO2 emissions generated when transporting 1 TEU of container for 1 km decreased from 68.7g in 2010 to 29.05g in 2021, representing a reduct
Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei, a part of the Asahi Kasei Group, has established a ‘Care for Earth’ investment framework as a new initiative for carbon neutrality by investing $100 million worldwide in early-stage startups that aim to solve issues in environmental fields such as hydrogen, ene
Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy has signed a definitive partnership agreement with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) for the North Field East (NFE) expansion project. With this deal, Sinopec becomes the first Aisan shareholder in one of the NFE joint venture compan
Japan’s Itochu Corporation has decided to make an equity investment in Purus Marine, a recently formed, environmentally focused maritime vessel and infrastructure company. UK-based Purus Marine owns and manages various environmentally advanced vessels. Its business purpose is to provide vessels that
Canada-based Amp Energy, a global energy transition development platform, has signed an agreement with Australian iron ore exploration and mining company Iron Road Ltd. to develop green hydrogen at scale on the Cape Hardy Port precinct. Cape Hardy is located on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula, Sout
French LNG containment specialist GTT has received a new order from the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for the tank design of two new liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGCs). It will design the tanks of the two vessels, which will each offer a total cargo capacity of 174,000 m3
Germany-based company Sunfire has installed the world’s largest SOEC electrolyser as part of the MultiPLHY project in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. According to Sunfire, it is the first multi-megawatt high-temperature electrolyser installed for the production of green hydrogen in an industrial environ
The Danish Energy Agency has received two final offers related to Denmark’s first tender for the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) subsidy pool, with a contract expected in May. The Danish Energy Agency announced in August 2022 that three applicants – I/S Vestforbrænding, Ørsted Bioener
The Sustainable Hydrogen Powered Shipping Project (sHYpS), which is centred around the idea of developing a liquid hydrogen (LH2) swappable storage solution for multiple types of vessels, is gaining ground. Launched in the summer of 2022, the sHYpS project gathers 13 partners in six countries with a
The HyVelocity Hub team has put in an official application for funding from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) $8 billion Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs programme. The application came after the team received encouragement from DOE to apply for the funding. To note, the team submitted an initial conc
In 2021, LNG was the most popular alternative fuel considered by shipowners for use in the (then) next five years; twice as many as those who said they were considering biofuels. That position has now virtually reversed, with biofuels at the same level of response as LNG in 2021 while LNG has fallen
Dutch tank storage company Vopak has provided updates on its LNG projects, including EemsEnergyTerminal, Gate terminal Rotterdam, and Hong Kong LNG terminal project. EemsEnergyTerminal Vopak’s first update is in regard to EemsEnergyTerminal, an LNG import terminal located in the Eemshaven in the Net
