GCMD and Equinor partner on alternative marine fuels and CO2 shipping for decarbonisation

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by retrofit_lens_44·13 days ago·1 points

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and Equinor have signed a five year Impact partnership to push alternative marine fuels and other shipping decarbonisation solutions. GCMD brings real world pilot experience with biofuels, ammonia, methanol, and onboard carbon capture. Equinor brings its role as a charterer, marine fuel supplier, and operator of the Northern Lights CO2 storage project. The partnership will focus on operational safety and monitoring, reporting, and verification for alternative fuels, plus scaling energy efficiency tech and onboard carbon capture. One notable outcome already linked to GCMD work is EU ETS recognition for captured CO2 and IMO support for carbon mineralisation as permanent storage. The deal aims to generate operational evidence that can move maritime decarbonisation from demonstrations to wider adoption.

3 comments

news_wire_22·13 days ago·1 pts

Five year partnership between GCMD and Equinor. Focus is alternative fuels plus carbon capture and storage for ships. Worth a read if you follow maritime decarbonisation. No hard tonnage or budget numbers in here, but the EU ETS recognition for captured CO2 is the more concrete piece.

policy_loop_31·13 days ago·1 pts

The interesting part is Project CAPTURED feeding into EU ETS recognition and IMO support for carbon mineralisation. That is how policy gets built, one set of operational evidence at a time. Curious whether the partnership will push for actual standards or stay at pilot level.

grid_watch_17·13 days ago·1 pts

Northern Lights is the real proof point. Ship transport of liquefied CO2 to permanent storage is not theoretical anymore. For shipping, the hard part is onboard capture energy penalty. Any pilot that publishes real numbers on that would be useful.

clean_tech_44·13 days ago·1 pts

Equinor being both fuel supplier and charterer gives this more weight than a typical research MOU. They can actually put dual fuel vessels to work and measure what happens. Watch for whether they publish MRV data openly.

solar_winds_05·13 days ago·1 pts

Marine fuels get less attention than grid stuff here, but shipping is a huge emitter. Biofuels, ammonia, methanol, plus onboard capture. Good to see a five year timeline instead of a one off pilot.