Clean Planet Energy has released details of two new ultra-clean fuels manufactured to replace fossil fuels in the marine industry.
The products can provide CO2 reductions of over 75%, and significantly reduce harmful air-pollutants by up to 1,500 times. Both fuels are produced using non-recyclable waste plastics as the feedstock, therefore removing waste which would otherwise go to incineration, landfill or into the oceans.
In addition to the 75% CO2 reduction, a significant benefit of these new fuels is the notable decrease in NOx and SOx emissions.
According to data sourced by parties including the US EPA and the World Economic Forum, this year 203 million tonnes of plastic will become non-recyclable waste.
There is currently no legitimate and scaled alternative compared to using carbon-based fuels in the Marine and Aviation sector. Whereas cars are moving to electric, the lifespan of large vessels means we’ll be stuck using fossil fuel engines for many years to come. By using non-recyclable waste plastics as a feedstock for fuels in these industries, we can reduce the daily CO2 emissions by 75 percent, keep fossil-oil in the ground, and win valuable time in the world’s battle to hit net-zero carbon emissions
said Dr. Andrew Odjo, Clean Planet Energy CTO.
Currently Clean Planet have two ecoPlants in construction phase, with another 4 in development and aim to build ecoPlants to process over 1 million tonnes of waste plastics per annum.
