Tag: methane

CMA CGM Group and ENGIE have committed to working together to advance the energy transition by developing synthetic methane and BioLNG.

Following the launch of COP26 methane reduction pledge, over than 100 countries have signed onto the pledge. 

President Joe Biden is expected to present plans at COP26, aiming to limit global methane emissions by 30% from 2020 levels by the end of the decade.

A recent study by NOW GmbH and the Institute for Environmental Technology and Energy Economics (IUE) at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), found that "the potential of renewable methane to replace fossil natural gas as a fuel for heavy-duty vehicles and ships is vast."

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) recently selected a methane slip reduction initiative for next-generation ship development.

Researchers from the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) have developed a new gas sensor that is compact and lightweight enough to monitor emissions in ship exhaust from an airborne vehicle.

The International Energy Forum (IEF) informed about the reaching of an "emerging consensus" regarding a common measurement methodology for methane emissions.

Eleanor Roosevelt, operated by Spanish shipping company Baleària, became the first fast ferry to realize a European pilot trip with 100% renewable fuel. 

Queen Mary University London conducted a first-of-its-kind study to directly measure methane emissions of an operating LNG vessel.

The US Department of Energy announced up to $35 million for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, aiming to develop technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries.