Sea-LNG Takes Aim at World Bank Over Gas-Powered Shipping Criticism
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Tuesday April 20, 2021 LNG bunkering advocate group
Sea-LNG has responded to the World Bank s recent report on alternative bunker fuels, accusing it of unfairly shunning gas-powered shipping in favour of theoretical, unproven solutions . The World Bank published a report earlier this week titled The Potential of Zero-Carbon Bunker Fuels in Developing Countries . The report was produced in conjunction with
UCL s University Maritime Advisory Services (UMAS), with
Tristan Smith leading the team, and Smith reiterated his longstanding position opposing LNG as a bunker fuel as well as backing ammonia.
Photo: CMA CGM Adopting LNG as a fuel for shipping will cost more than a transition straight to zero-carbon fuels and will bring a moderate but uncertain reduction in greenhouse has emissions, even in ideal circumstances, according to a World Bank report.
The World Bank report “The Role of LNG in the Transition Toward Low- and Zero-Carbon Shipping” comapares a future scenario where LNG is adopted as a transitional fuel before adoption of zero carbon fuels to one where the industry moves straight to zero carbon fuels.
Zero carbon propulsion solutions appropriate for most of the world s fleet do not yet exist and producing the appropriate fuel will require large scale development of hydrogen production facilities and masses of renewable energy. The necessary technologies exist and are being developed, but marketable solutions are not expected until around 2030.
World Bank: Ammonia, hydrogen are the most promising zero-carbon marine fuels April 16, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
Ammonia and hydrogen are zero-carbon bunker fuels that are most likely to be major contributors to shipping’s decarbonized future, a new series of reports released by the World Bank reveals.
At present, the two green fuels are
“most promising” zero-carbon bunker fuels within the shipping industry.
“a limited role” in the decarbonization of the shipping sector, according to the first report in the series,
“Volume 1: The Potential of Zero-Carbon Bunker Fuels in Developing Countries”.
The analysis concludes that green ammonia, closely followed by green hydrogen, strikes the most advantageous balance of favorable features among a range of different zero-carbon candidate bunker fuels including biofuels, hydrogen, ammonia and synthetic carbon-based fuels.
World Bank Backs Ammonia as Future Bunker Fuel
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Friday April 16, 2021 The
World Bank has published new research on the future of bunker fuels in the decarbonisation era, arguing that ammonia looks the most promising option. The bank s report, titled
The Potential of Zero-Carbon Bunker Fuels in Developing Countries , analyses the prospects of biofuels, hydrogen, ammonia and synthetic carbon-based fuels in the future of the marine fuels industry. The report was published on Thursday. The report was produced in conjunction with
UCL s
Tristan Smith leading the team.
“ Green ammonia, closely followed by green hydrogen, strikes the most advantageous balance of favourable features.
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2021 –
To lower and ultimately eliminate its climate impact, maritime transport needs to abandon the use of fossil-based bunker fuels and turn toward ‘zero-carbon bunker fuels’, namely shipping fuels which emit zero or at most very low greenhouse (GHG) emissions across their lifecycles. The first report being launched today, “The Potential of Zero-Carbon Bunker Fuels in Developing Countries”, identifies two alternative fuels – ammonia and hydrogen – as the most promising zero-carbon bunker fuels for shipping at present, more scalable and cost-competitive than other biofuel or synthetic carbon-based options.
The second report, “The Role of LNG in the Transition Toward Low- and Zero-Carbon Shipping”, finds that liquefied natural gas (LNG) is likely to play a limited role in the decarbonization of the shipping sector, noting its specific niche applications on pre-existing routes or in specific vessel types. The research further recommends that c