{"id":20227,"date":"2022-08-01T18:35:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T18:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shipip.com\/?p=20227"},"modified":"2022-08-01T18:35:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T18:35:20","slug":"europe-funds-new-initiative-to-reduce-methane-slip-from-lng-powered-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developmenttask.com\/ShipIpLtd\/europe-funds-new-initiative-to-reduce-methane-slip-from-lng-powered-engines\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Funds New Initiative to Reduce Methane Slip From LNG Powered Engines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newly launched Green Ray Initiative, coordinated by VTT Technical research institute in Finland, is a\u00a0<strong>5-year research project\u00a0<\/strong>which aims to reduce methane slip from LNG-powered engines. The project has received funding worth 7 million euros from the European Commission and intends to work on multiple avenues to\u00a0<strong>reduce methane slip<\/strong>\u00a0from both newbuilds and retrofits.<\/p>\n<p>The project primarily focuses on a low-pressure dual-fuel engine concept, as this engine is popular in marine applications. Within this, the project aims to\u00a0<strong>develop three technologies<\/strong>. The first one is a four-stroke engine that will enable methane slip reduction at all engine loads, this kind of engine will find use in cruises, ferries, and gas carriers. The second will be a two-stroke engine with a patented LNG injection system, which will be used in\u00a0<strong>tankers and container ships<\/strong>. And the third and final will be an after-treatment technology involving a sulfur-resistant catalyst system that will be able to reduce the emissions originating from methane slip by up to 95% and will reduce it to a level of 1g of emission per kWh of energy.<\/p>\n<p>The project is expected to hit the ground running as many big\u00a0<strong>names in the industry are its participants and backers<\/strong>, such as DNV, Wartsila, Shell, Chantiers de l\u2019Atlantique, MSC Malta shipyard, CMA Ships, MSC Cruises, and the Finnish Meteorological Institute.<\/p>\n<p>These technologies will be demonstrated on board two new ships and a retrofitted ship, up to the Technology Readiness Level 7 (TRL7) standards. The project will also combine the\u00a0<strong>data collected on emissions with onboard experiments<\/strong>\u00a0and modeling to provide a more comprehensive outlook on the global impact on marine transport.<\/p>\n<p>Source: https:\/\/www.fleetmon.com\/maritime-news\/2022\/39021\/europe-funds-new-initiative-reduce-methane-slip-ln\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly launched Green Ray Initiative, coordinated by VTT Technical research institute in Finland, is a\u00a05-year research project\u00a0which aims to reduce methane slip from LNG-powered engines. The project has received funding worth 7 million euros from the European Commission and intends to work on multiple avenues to\u00a0reduce methane slip\u00a0from both newbuilds and retrofits. The project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-20227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maritime-safety-news","tag-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/developmenttask.com\/ShipIpLtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/developmenttask.com\/ShipIpLtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/developmenttask.com\/ShipIpLtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developmenttask.com\/ShipIpLtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developmenttask.com\/ShipIpLtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/developmenttask.com\/ShipIpLtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/developmenttask.com\/ShipIpLtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developmenttask.com\/ShipIpLtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developmenttask.com\/ShipIpLtd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}