Eni SpA introduced Wednesday that exams it had carried out with MSC Mediterranean Delivery Firm SA confirmed that its Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) biofuel can energy maritime transport with out requiring engine upgrades.
“Throughout the exams, one of many engines of the cruise ship MSC Opera was powered for roughly 2,000 hours with pure HVO, with none engine modifications, whereas efficiency and emissions knowledge have been recorded”, the Italian state-backed power main stated in a press launch.
“This take a look at demonstrated that HVO is an instantly relevant answer even for marine engines and with out the necessity for technological upgrades, whereas making certain efficiency in keeping with conventional marine fossil fuels.
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“The take a look at additionally recorded decrease emissions of each NOx (-16 %) and particulate, in addition to a major discount in GHG emissions inherent to the origin of the HVO product of round -80 % in comparison with the usage of conventional gas; the discount is as a result of utilization of one hundred pc biogenic feedstocks within the HVO manufacturing course of.
“Technical knowledge on engine efficiency and related emissions have been collected and assessed with the help of Wärtsilä, the engine producer, and Bureau Veritas, which acted as an unbiased certifier to validate the experimental outcomes”.
Eni, by its biofuels arm Enilive, produces HVO diesel at its biorefineries within the Italian cities of Gela and Venice, primarily utilizing waste feedstock resembling cooking oils, animal fat and residues from the agri-food sector, based on Eni.
“For a number of months now, Enilive’s marine HVO diesel has been obtainable on the ports of Genoa, Ravenna and Venice for direct supply from the terminal to vessels by way of barge”, stated Enilive chief government Stefano Ballista.
“The usage of this gas represents a viable answer for the decarbonization of maritime transport, contributing to compliance with the obligations set by the FuelEU Maritime regulation and decreasing the emission-related prices”.
MSC Cruises chief power transition officer Michele Francioni commented, “We’re very happy to have satisfactorily confirmed the technical feasibility of one hundred pc HVO on our cruise ship as a part of our steady decarbonization efforts”.
“We consider HVO might play an necessary position within the decarbonization of delivery and along with different instantly obtainable fuels resembling LNG and bio-LNG, constitutes a direct alternative that might be deployed on board cruise ships to speed up the transition in direction of renewable fuels, bringing us a step nearer to our final objective of reaching web zero GHG emissions by 2050”, Francioni added.
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