Tag: Biofuels
Fossil Fuels Are 40% Of Freight Shipping Tonnage, But Half Its Fuel Use
Maritime fuel debates usually start with the wrong object. They look at today’s bunker fuel demand, line up replacement molecules, and ask whether ammonia, methanol, hydrogen, LNG, biofuels, or synthetic fuels can scale far enough to replace it. That sounds like a practical question, but it skips the larger one: … [continued]
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Circularity Cuts Cost Of Making Sustainable Aviation Fuel From Bio-Methane
Singularity Fuels in California has completed a six month trial of its system that converts bio-methane to sustainable aviation fuel.
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Air Lubrication For Ships Is Real. The Air Still Isn’t Free.
The interesting part of Everllence and Silverstream’s Engine Supported Air Lubrication concept is not that ships can reduce drag by pushing air under the hull. That has been known for decades, and commercial systems are already in service. The interesting part is where the air comes from, because air lubrication’s … [continued]
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Global Biofuel Demand Set to Grow by Nearly 70% as Food Prices Rise
High biofuels targets will exacerbate rising global food prices, as well as fertilisers shortages. The current scramble for biofuel feedstocks to combat high oil prices could see biofuel consumption globally rise by 30% this year and a staggering 70% by 2030, a new T&E study shows. This risks putting severe pressure on … [continued]
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It’s Okay To Grab A Quick Granola Bar, Right? Sourcing Food For A Clean Climate
Our diets are, to a large degree, the result of routine. We commute, so we grab a coffee and pastry or a granola bar. We quickly swallow a fast food lunch between meetings. We’re too tired at home late in the day to cook from scratch, so we’re grateful for … [continued]
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