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Ship Owners Confused About Decarbonization

September 21, 2024 admin batteries, biofuel, boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean power, clean shipping, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Logistics, natural gas, nuclear energy, Oil

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:30:13 +0000

For three years, the International Chamber of Shipping has been running a survey of ship owners, covering multiple domains, including biggest risks to shipping, changes in shipping patterns with initiatives like friendshoring and most relevantly for this discussion, decarbonization. Recently they dropped their 2023-2024 survey, and the results indicate ongoing … [continued]

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Carbon Pricing Is Coming To Maritime Shipping

August 5, 2024 admin air quality, boats, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, cargo shipping, China, clean power, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, Coal, container shipping, electric shipping, Fossil Fuels, green economy, India, investment, marine energy, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:05:28 +0000

In my regularly iterated Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work, there’s a big broom: Price Carbon Aggressively. In the maritime shipping world, it would be a big trawler net that scoops up emissions regardless of technology, allowing the market to figure out the cheapest way to achieve decarbonization. … [continued]

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Methanol & Ammonia Tell A Good Shipping Fuel Story, But Stop Before The Tragic Finale

June 15, 2023 admin Agriculture, ammonia, biofuels, boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean power, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green ammonia, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, methanol, natural gas, Oil, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:35:52 +0000

In sales pitches for methanol and ammonia for maritime fuels, the numbers don’t add up, and the omissions are glaring.

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Atlantic Crossing By Methanol-Powered Ship Is Neither Viable Nor Carbon Neutral

March 8, 2023 admin Agriculture, biofuels, boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean power, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, maersk, Manufacturing, marine energy, methanol, natural gas, Oil, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 11:30:46 +0000

Over the past couple of years, I’ve reached the end of my first set of scenarios for marine decarbonization through 2100. My bets are on batteries for all inland and two-thirds of short-sea shipping, and biofuels for the rest. It took me years to work through the aspects of synthetic and biologically fossil fuel alternatives, […]