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How can we help stop global warming but keep profitable at the same time? What will be the major drivers, market trends and solutions in our maritime future? Those are the questions that experts pondered and discussed at our first mtu virtual Marine Summit.
The shipping industry has to become climate-friendly, and that won't be possible without a fundamental transformation. The question is not whether we're going to do something, but what we're going to do and how we stay competitive.
Focus articles
Fuel cells and the quest for green power
The question of whether drive technology and power generation need to be green is no longer an issue, because unless this happens the goals of the Paris Climate Accord – limiting global warming to well below two degrees Celsius (ideally 1.5 °C) – will be impossible to achieve. The only question now being discussed across the world is “how?”. What part will combustion engines play? What potential do fuel cells have? Which fuels are key?
How does shipping go green?
The maritime world wants – and needs – to get greener. This is more than an outworking of the Paris Climate Accord – it's also the stated aspiration of many shipping companies, shipyard operators and skippers. But what waters have to be navigated to get there? Which e-fuels are set to win the race? When will these be available in sufficient quantity?
Technology turnaround: Which fuel for the tugboats of the future?
Hydrogen, methanol, ammonia, synthetic diesel – there's a lot of uncertainty surrounding the fuels of the future. But one thing is clear: with IMO rules stipulating that by 2050, CO2 emissions in shipping have to be 50% lower than in 2018, the call is for new fuels, and with them new propulsion concepts. mtu experts at Rolls-Royce have now come up with various configurations for tugboats.
What we announced
The scientific facts speak for themselves: to achieve our climate goals, no more compromises are possible in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. On the path towards climate neutrality, we need the cooperation of the shipping industry too.
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