In late 2019, Unifeeder, which operates the 1,036 TEU vessel, announced its plans for the LNG trial. In the meantime, in early 2021, the vessel was sold to Elbdeich Reederei who renamed it ElbBlue. The new owner joined the effort to launch the test project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a mix of 20 tons of GNS and 20 tons of conventional LNG, the ElbBlue is expected to save approximately 56 tons of carbon emissions on its next trip to St. Petersburg, as opposed to operating on pure LNG. The ship was fed 20 tons of the new GNS for its 20-hour journey to Russia and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe launch of the Unifeeder GNS trial together with our project partners is an exciting and timely development for our business as our industry continues to look for ways to reduce carbon production to meet the demands of customers, businesses and companies. environmental policy, \u201dsaid Jesper Kristensen, CEO of Unifeeder. "A successful test trip will complement our environmental initiatives across Europe, such as our investment in more efficient inland rail and barge services, as well as our continued sustainability ambitions at our terminals across Europe."<\/p>\n\n\n\n The GNS is a demonstration product developed by Kiwi at its energy-to-gas plant near Cloppenburg, Germany. The company uses wind energy to produce green hydrogen. It is then subjected to a methanization process. In 2021, Kiwi also added a new liquefaction plant. The CO2 used in the process is obtained from a nearby biomethane plant. Fuel is supplied to the ship by tanker trucks because an LNG bunkering station has not yet been built in the Elbe estuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n "This is a crucial step on the road to decarbonizing shipping." <\/p> 'To reduce or even eliminate future emissions from the global supply chain, synthetic fuels and engine modernization play a crucial role. While a retrofit instantly reduces a ship's emission levels, synthetic fuels like GNS can allow it to operate in a 100% climate-neutral manner. Today we are demonstrating that any vessel retrofitted with LNG can also operate with fuels generated by power-to-X technology, and even as a fuel mix according to availability \u00bb<\/p> <\/p> Stefan Eefting, Senior Vice President and Head of MAN PrimeServ, Augsburg <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Discussing the project with the German newspaper Handelsblatt, MAN said it was only a demonstration project because the GNS is not yet commercially viable due to cost and limited supplies. According to the newspaper, fuel currently costs three to six times more than LNG<\/strong> conventional due to production in a small test facility. They predicted that economies of scale will make the product competitive when demand grows and large-scale production of GNS begins.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Liquefied synthetic natural gas (GNS) from the maritime world. The 10.53 gross ton ElbBlue was supplied with this neutral fuel in the German port of Brunsbuttel, near Hamburg, for a trip to Saint Petersburg, Russia, and a second refueling is planned when it returns to Germany before continue towards Rotterdam.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":42646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,18],"class_list":["post-42644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fuels","tag-combustibles-alternativos","tag-gnl-combustible"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cero2050.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-30-01_29_07-AMS-en-Twitter_-_Another-successful-LNG-bunkering-with-Flexfueler001.-Thanks-to--1024x578.png\")
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