Like the first two versions, the new initiative will capitalize on some of the latest available technology, including by biomethane. “Shell Starship 3.0 will feature some of the best-in-class technologies which are leading the way forward in helping decarbonize the heavy transport sector,” said Selda Gunsel, President of Shell Global Solutions.
LR Indústria e Comércio Ltda (Brazilian branch of Landi Renzo Spa) started an alliance with Uber to offer driver partners the chance of switching their cars to natural gas by renting a dedicated kit. The conversion must be carried out at Gas Specialist workshops that participate in the initiative. The monthly kit rental will be deducted directly from the driver’s earnings.
Europe has proven resilient in a turbulent period of multiple crises, which have each pushed the region to reimagine itself. Spurred by the invasion of Ukraine and the climate emergency, EU policy must evolve without neglecting climate ambitions. Meeting energy needs in this context will involve a mixture of new and existing technologies.
The company presented the complete cycle of biomethane in agriculture at Agrishow 2023. During the trade fair, held in Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo, Brazil), it also showed off a full range of technologies and solutions to implement independent energy production and a carbon-neutral virtuous cycle in agriculture.
The company displayed its HPDI™ fuel system on trucks equipped with its commercially available LNG and bio-LNG and its hydrogen capable and proven variant H₂ HPDI. The HPDI system enables existing IC engine architecture to run on a variety of clean fuels (natural gas, biomethane, syngas, hydrogen), as increasingly popular alternatives to diesel engines.
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels’ chartered LNG bunker barge, the Gas Vitality, refueled MSC Cruises’ vessel via a ship-to-ship transfer of 2,500 m3 of LNG in the Port of Marseille Fos, Southern France. MSC World Europa is 333 meters long and the best performing large cruise ship operating in the world in terms of CO2eq emissions per passenger.
Gas Networks Ireland and Circle K have taken another step forward in reducing emissions from Ireland’s heavy transport industry, one of the most difficult industries to decarbonize. The companies are offering biomethane at Circle K’s forecourts in Ballysimon Road, Limerick; Cashel, Clonshaugh and Dublin Port.
These trucks have been tested on public roads for the first time. To make it extra-challenging, the tests have been conducted above the Arctic Circle in the north of Sweden – in an extremely cold climate. The vehicles will be available in the second half of this decade. Tests with haulers will start a few years before the commercial launch.
Amid increases in gasoline, natural gas continues to position itself as the cheapest alternative. So far in 2023, the purchase of CNG dedicated vehicles has increased by 12% compared to the same period of the previous year. There are currently several fleets of corporate vehicles that run on CNG in Cartagena, including Mercado Libre, Bimbo and Aguas de Cartagena.
The California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership collaborated with Cummins to host a media event showcasing the Cummins X15N 15-liter natural gas engine in a Class 8 truck chassis for the first time in North America. Cummins anticipates that starting in 2024, fleets will have the opportunity to order factory-built Class 8 trucks with the X15N engine.
