Editorial

The widespread use of ammonia as a marine fuel is a step closer after Fortescue completed a trial with Vopak and The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Tech giant Google is matching the Department of Energy’s Carbon Dioxide (CO2) credits and will buy $35 million-worth in the next year.

Hydrogen is now emerging as a vector of clean energy delivery with genuine interest and investment worldwide as governments and businesses seek to develop this budding industry as part of their energy transition goals.

Heidelberg Materials is modernising its Airvault cement plant in France’s New Aquitaine Region with the aim of capturing 1 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of carbon from 2030.

Ammogen consortium partners recently gathered at Tyseley Energy Park (TEP) to mark the launch of what is claimed to be the world’s largest ammonia to hydrogen conversion project, which will deliver 200kg per day of transport-grade hydrogen.

JERA’s co-firing trial involving ammonia and coal at its Hekinan Thermal Power Station is set to start up in the second quarter.

A consortium led by Aston University is to receive almost £11 million to open a doctoral training centre to tackle decarbonisation, focusing on biomass and the removal and capture of carbon dioxide (CO2).

The UK Government’s CCUS strategy is based on optimistic techno-economic assumptions that are now outdated and unrealistic, warns a report from the financial think tank Carbon Tracker released today.

The UK aims to build new gas-fired power stations to boost energy security – though in a departure to the energy zeitgeist, they will be unabated and won’t capture carbon.