The 2023 IMO GHG Strategy aims for net-zero emissions from international shipping by or around 2050, targeting 20% GHG reduction by 2030 (striving for 30%) and 70% by 2040 (striving for 80%). A mandatory GHG emissions pricing mechanism will apply from 2028 to ships >5,000 tons. The IMO forecasts a need for 25-30 MTOE of […]
India targets net-zero emissions for its shipping sector by 2070 and major ports by 2047. The 2022 marine fuel consumption was 1.24 million tonnes, projected to reach 1.43 million tonnes by 2030. Biofuel blend trials (B20-B50) showed 80-90% CO2 emission reductions. India’s bio-economy grew 16-fold to $165.7 billion by 2024. New guidelines permit biofuels, with […]
For a golden stretch of the 20th century, petroleum was the wonder cure. It solved the whale oil crisis, freed us from the limits of horse-based transport, filled our vehicles with clean power and our homes with cheap light. “Sweet as a honeybee.” The Four Tops had it right in 1965 in The Same Old […]
This $3.27M project, ending December 2024, aims to demonstrate a Near-Zero Emissions Concept via an integrated engine and aftertreatment simulation platform in GT-SUITE. Key achievements include calibrating an ORNL SCR model for catalyst aging (up to 500h aging data), and reducing computational cost for Urea-Water Solution (UWS) spray modeling to ~2000 CPU hours/second by using […]
Once upon a cornfield morning, a hare boasted that he would electrify the world before lunch. EVs for all, he cried! Electrify everything! Decarbonize the plant by suppertime!. Reporters scribbled. Investors nodded. The hare sprinted to the next podium, promising leaps no tortoise could match. The tortoise said nothing. He tightened his harness and got […]
In Ireland, Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) submitted proposals for the recently closed public consultation on the review of exempted development on behalf of its members for both biogas/biomethane and biomass developments that should be included in the exempted development regulation changes being considered by the Government. IrBEA calls for the following: · That any new […]
This project, 35% complete with $3.8M total funding, is electrifying Articulated Dump Trucks (ADT) to reduce ~78% idling time, targeting over 20% fuel savings and 10,000+ metric tons GHG reduction. Dynamic System Modeling (DSM) predicts >12,000 hours battery life (project objective: 15,000 hours). Lab-scale 10kW soft-switched SiC inverters have been developed and tested at 50kHz. […]
The old maps warned of it. Beyond the edge of the known, in the deep mist of the sealung fog — too thick to breathe, too thin to swim — cartographers scrawled a warning: Here Be Dragons. It was not certainty, but dread: the edge of the world, where only the purest of heart, armed […]
This 50% complete project, with $2.99M total funding, aims to electrify Compact Track Loaders via Hybrid Hydraulic-Electric Architecture (HHEA). The objective is to reduce electricity usage by 40% and GHG footprint by 80%, leveraging off-the-shelf components. Simulations predict 31.78% to 42.50% overall energy savings, extending a 75kWh battery’s life by up to 74%. A fast-switching […]
The trade winds move softly through the palms. In the upland valleys, rain feeds taro terraces. On the shore, fishermen cast nets where their grandparents once stood. This is aloha ʻāina—not just love of the land, but a covenant with it, a rhythm of care and reciprocity. Then came the jets. First as a marvel, […]
