Getting to Zero Coalition announced plans for a new mapping of zero emission pilots and demonstration projects, revealing the scale and breadth of projects already underway in the maritime sector’s path to decarbonization.
The impetus for the mapping came from discussions within the First Movers workstream of the Getting to Zero Coalition, where industry leaders noted the increased number of announcements of zero emission demonstration projects in maritime media.
This comes as zero emission fuels and technologies for maritime shipping need to be commercially viable by 2030 to meet decarbonization targets in line with IMO.
So far, the Getting to Zero Coalition, which set this goal in 2019, has done a mapping of various projects, showing that there are already numerous zero emission pilots and demonstration projects underway in shipping:
- 66 projects and this list will be updated bi-annually.
- Most of the projects come from Europe (49) with the next highest geographical concentration being Asia (16).
- In Europe, it is also common that the projects are publicly funded, which gives them a higher chance of success.
Governments can play a key role in de-risking first mover projects and in supporting the uptake of deep sea zero emission vessels by 2030,
…says Kasper Søgaard, Head of Research at the Global Maritime Forum, a Partner of the Getting to Zero Coalition.
- For projects covering fuel production, the majority focused on green hydrogen (which is produced using renewable energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis). This is largely due to hydrogen’s position as a ‘building block’ for the production of other fuels such as ammonia and methanol/ethanol.
- The vast majority of the projects in the mapping have been planned as demonstration projects (47). What this shows is that most projects are now capable of operation within real-world conditions.
Much of what needs to be achieved is already technically possible. The key issue here is to close the competitiveness gap between traditional fossil fuels and new zero emission fuels,
…comments Kasper Søgaard.
- Projects which have a direct link to hydrogen made up the majority of the fuel production projects identified.
- For projects focusing on ship technologies, the mapping shows more of a spread in terms of the fuels which projects focus on. The largest proportion of projects in the mapping focused on hydrogen vessels, with ammonia, methanol/ethanol and battery power also having significant representation.
We encourage stakeholders from across the maritime spectrum to send us information about new projects or projects we have missed in our initial mapping in order to improve the quality and validity of the mapping,
…the Coalition said.
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