In September 2020 the giant container vessel Jacques Saadé, owned by French shipping group CMA CGM, set out on a roughly 80-day maiden voyage from Europe to Asia and back.
There’s nothing unusual in that, except that this brand-new 400-metre-long vessel is the first ultra large container ship to be fuelled entirely by liquefied natural gas (LNG), a low-emission fossil fuel that so far has only powered much smaller vessels.
In the next few years the Jacques Saadé will be joined by eight sister ships. But looking further to the future, the engines on these vessels will be able to run on zero-emission fuels – as they become available in the coming decade. This is a race with profound consequences for the planet, and even Big Oil is joining in. ExxonMobil, for example, is working with Synthetic Genomics to develop algae into a viable biofuel for transport. The goal is to produce 10,000 barrels a day – equivalent to 3.65 million barrels a year – by 2025. “With continued brea
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- February 25, 2021, 10:50 AM
SAF availability is poised to grow exponentially over the next five years as the number of producers expands and the number of pathways to develop it nearly doubles. In addition, progress is being made not only to increase its ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but on research to increase the amount used in the fuel blend, which is now a 50/50 mix.
Noting the “opportunity is large,” a senior leader on the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) front outlined a vision where production of SAF can grow to at least one billion gallons a year by 2025, the number of pathways to develop it more than doubles, and the industry progresses toward the goal of a 100 percent sustainable option.
- February 24, 2021, 8:32 AM
Emissions trading systems (ETS) in Europe are undergoing a transition post-Brexit, with the EU contemplating the incorporation of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) carbon offset program and new targets coming from the EU Green Deal, advised Bruce Parry, director of environment for the International Business Aviation Council. Parry provided an overview of the changes in Europe during a webinar on “Managing Your Carbon Footprint” on Tuesday as part of NBAA’s virtual Flight Operations Conference.
At the beginning of the year, the UK began managing participating aircraft based in its territories under its own ETS programs. Parry said UK authorities should have already reached out to participating operators, but new operators should contact the appropriate authority within their particular region of the UK. Operators seeking free allocations of emissions allowances will need to apply for them by the end of March, he added.
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