NORDEN has actually participated in a collaboration with Danish- based Kvasir Technologies, a spinout from the Technical University of Denmark with a trademarked modern technology to create gas from plant product.

“At NORDEN, we want to drive the shipping industry towards a cleaner future. If we are to truly make a difference, testing fuel alternatives is the right starting point”, claims Henrik Røjel, Fuel Efficiency and also Decarbonisation Manager at NORDEN.

“The collaboration with Kvasir is highly welcomed, both as part of our aim to be a front runner in the decarbonisation agenda and because companies thinking outside the box is a necessity in the process of finding the solutions of tomorrow”

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Utilising a brand-new technique

Kvasir Technologies concentrates on changing the component of biomass referred to as lignin and also utilizing it in gas manufacturing. Lignin is typically viewed as a waste item, thrown out without being made use of, yet quickly available and also discovered in huge amounts, enabling a high level of scalability contrasted to various other feedstocks.

There are a variety of methods to transform biomass to fluid gas. Kvasir’s modern technology sticks out as it is, unlike many various other modern technologies, able to transform not just cellulose however likewise lignin right into a fluid biofuel item.

“This project will demonstrate the suitability of our biofuel as bunkers and further accelerate the technological development,” claims Joachim Bachmann Nielsen, Chief Executive Officer at Kvasir Technologies.

Change requires to occur currently

NORDEN’s rate of interest in a collaboration of this nature comes as an outcome of the business’s ever-growing desire to make delivering even more lasting. Finding much better and also greener choices to nonrenewable fuel source is hence extremely prioritised within the business, which is currently experienced in the screening of biofuel. In September 2018, NORDEN came to be the very first to carry out an examination trip on a huge ocean-going vessel powered by CARBON DIOXIDE neutral biofuel.

“NORDEN wants to be a front runner in this phase of experimentation and help gather intelligence that will hopefully make a positive impact on greenhouse gas emissions and help the industry reach the ambitious goal for 2050 set by the International Maritime Organisation,” includes Henrik Røjel. “In the effort to be a front runner, NORDEN is assisting in the testing and development of biofuel on owned vessels while working on making biofuel a standard on the company’s long-term chartered vessels.”

A totally backed partnership

A major examination of Kvasir’s gas will certainly be carried out on among NORDEN’s vessels at a later phase throughout the 3.5-year partnership, where the objective is to attain much better understanding of the qualities of biofuel and also verify its viability for future usage. NORDEN will continually share its large understandings right into the handling of vessels and also what residential or commercial properties the gas need to have in order to be a practical and also working choice.

The biofuel partnership in between NORDEN and also Kvasir Technologies belongs to Shipping Laboratory– a joint market effort targeted at establishing Danish skills in the areas of digitalization, independent delivery and also green modern technology. Shipping Laboratory is sustained by Innovation Fund Denmark, the Danish Maritime Fund, Orient’s Fund and also Lauritzen Fonden.

“Denmark is rightfully perceived as a leading nation within shipping and development of green technologies, and the collaboration between NORDEN and Kvasir Technologies is an excellent example of this, which we are very happy to support”, claims Magnus Gary, Project Director at Shipping Laboratory.

Reference: ds-norden. com