The environment

Recent seminar in Athens advocates the use of methanol as a marine fuel to comply with IMO 2020 and future emissions targets.

The IEA has reported that international action can scale up hydrogen production to make it central to a clean energy future.

Eni and Synhelion have developed a new technology for the production of methanol from carbon dioxide, water and methane.

Williams has joined the natural gas industry-led organisation ONE Future, dedicated to voluntarily reducing methane emissions across the natural gas value chain.

The 2019 edition of BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy focuses on the rift between demands for action on climate change and the slow progress being made.

PowerHouse Energy exemplifies how a newly commercial technology can be used to turn waste plastic into clean fuel.

Eni and Maire Tecnimont have signed an agreement to introduce technology which turns non-recyclable waste into hydrogen and methanol.

By 2020, SINOPEC plans to have a production capability of 10 million t of low-sulfur marine fuel oil, increasing to 15 million t by 2023.

MMEX Resources has signed a deal to sell IMO 2020 sulfur compliant marine fuel with rail logistics for West Texas refinery.

ABS has published a new Outlook to help the maritime sector evaluate potential pathways to low carbon shipping.

The companies, including Axens and Total, are launching a project to capture and store carbon dioxide released by industrial activities.

GlobalData reports that new CTO and MTO projects in China may face delay as the government increases efforts to meet clean energy targets.

Of the 45 energy technologies and sectors assessed in the IEA’s latest ‘Tracking Clean Energy Progress’, only seven are on track for reaching climate, energy access and air pollution targets.

SkyNRG has selected Haldor Topsoe technology for Europe’s first sustainable aviation fuel plant, located in the Netherlands.

The Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility has captured and safely stored 4 million t of CO2, ahead of schedule and at a lower cost than anticipated.