…
Japanese shipbuilding giant Mitsubishi announced on Monday (31 August) that it will build and test a carbon-capture system for ships, aimed at significantly reducing the emissions of the maritime sector.
…
In 2018, members of the International Maritime Organisation agreed to club together and work towards a 50% cut in emissions by mid-century. Technologies like hydrogen, ammonia and even battery power have been touted as ways of achieving that target.
But a lack of working prototypes and industry apprehension at the huge costs involved in developing greener boats have led climate analysts and activists to ask when and how the sector will actually start making the promised emission cuts.
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding – a Japanese company – said this week that it has started work on developing a carbon-capture system for vessels, which promises to reduce ship emissions by up to 90% and even produce raw materials for new fuels to be produced.
“The demonstration involves converting the design of an existing CO2 capture system for onshore power plants to a marine environment, and installing it on board an actual ship in service,” the firm said in a statement, adding it will be “a world’s first”.
R&D and the testing phase are set to last two years, with Mitsubishi expecting to complete construction of the onboard capture system by mid-2021. Sea trials will be conducted using an existing coal carrier operated by the Tohoku Electric Power Company.
“The knowledge gained will be used for the future development of technologies and systems to capture CO2 from the exhaust gases of marine equipment and ships,” the firm added.
One of the main challenges will be building a system that effectively captures CO2 and designing storage tanks for the emissions so that they can be transported back to shore in some form.
The effort will only be able to draw on limited expertise acquired by onshore small-scale and demonstrator capture installations that have been linked to energy production and industrial facilities around the world but there is no established industry to take the lead from as of yet.
…
An excerpt from
- 20.08.31 (Mon.)
- After 48 Years, Democrats Endorse Nuclear Energy In Platform
- Climate change didn’t cause Hurricane Laura but it did make the storm worse – CNN
- Government exempts high-emission cars from Swiss climate goals – SWI swissinfo.ch
- 気候変動対策、カギはデータ活用と伝え方 Earth新潮流 三井物産戦略研究所シニア研究フェロー 本郷尚氏
- 89年ぶり気温54.4度を記録 地球はどこまで暑くなる？｜ナショジオ｜NIKKEI STYLE
- 20.09.01 (Tue.)
- Big companies cost Israeli taxpayers NIS 13b in damage to health, environment | The Times of Israel
- 佐賀市が「GREEN OIL JAPAN」に賛同 バイオ燃料先進国目指し藻類培養研究 – 佐賀経済新聞
- Australia’s CO2 emissions to fall to two-decade lows because of coronavirus, Government projects – ABC News
- Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products | Greenbiz
- Arctic wildfires emit 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for whole of 2019 | Wildfires | The Guardian
- 20.09.02 (Wen.)
- 韓国の社会的価値創出イベント 財界人が開催祝いメッセージ | 聯合ニュース
- 日本のサステナビリティの最大の焦点とは？「エネルギーの脱炭素化」をいま改めて考える | SUSTAINABLE BRANDS JAPAN
- TCFDサミット2020を開催します （METI/経済産業省）
- スイスは交通分野のエネルギー・シフトを成し遂げられるのか – SWI swissinfo.ch
- Mitsubishi looks to advance CO2 capture in concrete | Article | KHL
- New Project Will Analyze Clouds to Make Future Climate Less Nebulous
- Climate explained: Sunspots do affect our weather, a bit, but not as much as other things
- 20.09.03 (Thu.)
- China among nations likely to miss 2020 deadline for climate plans – UN’s Espinosa
- 気候変動によって「氷河湖」の水量が過去30年で50％も増えていることが判明、下流域で洪水の危険性も – GIGAZINE
- World’s first ‘carbon-capture at sea’ set for shipping trials – EURACTIV.com
- CO2-meters vliegen het schap uit – Installatie.nl
- L Feasibility of Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies To Limit Global Warming – The Wire Science
- Macom Facility Aims To Cut CO2 By 1869 Tons Per Year
- 20.09.04 (Fri.)
- Citi Announces $250 Billion Commitment To Finance Climate Solutions And Reduce Climate Risk: An Interview With Val Smith, Citi Chief Sustainability Officer
- Climate change in India is fueling unchecked urbanization — Quartz
- 「温暖化による大気の安定化が春の粒子状物質の悪化の主犯」 : 政治•社会 : hankyoreh japan
- END OF DAY – CO2 rises on strong UK auction
- Mark Carney launches drive to develop global market for CO2 offsets
- Japan’s Idemitsu accelerates black pellet tech to cut CO2 in coal-fired power | S&P Global Pl
- New Study Indicates Major Earthquakes in Italy Are Linked to Hidden CO2 Emissions
- 20.09.05 (Sat.)
- Global Warming: Aviation produced 26BN tons CO2 in 20 years | Daily Mail Online
- Project Tundra tour presents second test well in efforts to store CO2
- World’s oceans soak up MORE carbon than previously thought | Daily Mail Online
- SOMPO、米農業保険大手を買収 気候変動リスクに対応
- 20.09.06 (Sun)
- 気候変動対策、カギはデータ活用と伝え方 Earth新潮流 三井物産戦略研究所シニア研究フェロー 本郷尚氏
- Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters arrested after blocking printing of Murdoch-owned British newspapers – CNN