Title
Green Maritime Methanol. WP2 Initiation and Benchmark analysis
Author
Harmsen, J.
Nesterova, N.
Bekdemir, C.
van Kranenburg, K.J.
Publication year
2020
Abstract
The maritime sector is facing a major challenge. Whilst a globally growing global economy leads to greater demand for the transport of goods, the goals from the Paris climate agreement (UNCC 2016) and the subsequent agreement in International Maritime Organization (IMO 2018) require a 50% reduction of CO2-emissions from maritime transport by 2050. Several stakeholders (including policy makers, engine manufacturers, ship building companies and research institutes) are working on the development of new alternative fuels and energy carriers for shipping, such as methanol, hydrogen, various biofuels and batteryelectric systems. There remains significant uncertainty as to which are the best options for the short as well as the longer term, and what the best options are for different ship segments (e.g. short sea or intercontinental freight transport, naval vessels or passenger ships). Solutions for shipping segments for the short term should contribute to a significant reduction in CO2-emissions, but also should be compliant with the 2020 Global Sulphur Cap and NOX Emission Control Areas (NECA) regulations through equipment and systems that can be introduced with minimal disruption to the existing ship layout.
Subject
Emission
Environment
Mobility & Logistics
Urbanisation
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TNO identifier
869949
Report number
TNO 2019 R11732
Publisher
TNO, Den Haag
Document type
report