Jim Corbett, World Shipping Council Environmental Director for Europe: “We are involved that the present ETS language for maritime unintentionally favors so-called brown fuels from fossil manufacturing that improve GHGs.”
The European Commission’s proposals to incorporate transport within the EU’s emissions buying and selling system (ETS) as from 2023 at the moment are on the stage the place the main points of the regulation are being negotiated. Maritime pursuits are pushing for the entire local weather footprint of a gas from manufacturing to combustion to be thought-about within the EU ETS for maritime.
In an open letter to EU coverage makers, the World Shipping Council, Danish Shipping and a number of other different organizations representing the complete worth chain behind inexperienced fuels are asking coverage makers to push the regulation within the greenest attainable route.
The signatories to the letter emphasize the significance of wanting on the local weather influence of the brand new inexperienced fuels from extraction on the supply to combustion.
“Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origins (RFNBOs) such as e-methanol and e-ammonia will play a key role for the maritime sector to align with the goal to limit global temperature rises to less than 1.5 degrees,” says the letter. “Today, engines for ships to make use of e-methanol exist, and engines for e-ammonia are being examined. For maritime transport to scale back its emissions, these fuels must be produced and distributed in far larger quantities. Political dedication shall be required to unlock the large investments wanted to succeed.
“The fuels of the longer term will be produced in multiple means. One instance is methanol, which will be produced sustainably or from fossil vitality. While each manufacturing pathways result in the identical product, the influence on the local weather differs wildly.
“When creating laws, politicians ought to think about the complete image to precisely seize the influence of the brand new fuels on the local weather. Assessing fuels on a life-cycle foundation contains the influence on the local weather from producing, transporting and combusting the fuels.
“The EU-ETS proposal to include shipping in ETS only puts a price on the greenhouse gas emissions from combustion. However, some RFNBOs release GHGs during combustion that were captured upstream during production; in this way RFNBOs avoid releasing additional carbon into the atmosphere compared to fossil fuels. By including a life-cycle approach the ETS encourages the use of green fuels and put a price on new types of fossil fuels. Furthermore, the existing proposal that only considers direct emissions could encourage the use of fuels that have significant emissions during production but no emissions when used onboard.”
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“To support shipping’s transition to renewably produced marine fuels, the EU ETS must provide the right signal, taking into consideration the GHG emissions of fuels across their full lifecycle. We are concerned that the current ETS language for maritime unintentionally favors so-called brown fuels from fossil production that increase GHGs,” says Jim Corbett, the World Shipping Council’s Environmental Director for Europe.
In different phrases, while you set a value for the gas emissions, it will be significant {that a} gas will not be thought-about inexperienced if it has left a big local weather footprint throughout extraction and manufacturing.
“Liner carriers are already investing in alternative fuels and technologies, and urge the EU to ensure policies are geared to accelerate investments in the necessary renewably derived fuels by adopting a full life-cycle perspective. Aligning EU ETS pricing with other EU Green Deal measures also supports Europe’s potential to become a major producer of renewable marine fuels,” says Corbett.
The open letter has been despatched to representatives of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission within the tripartite conferences on the legislative proposal.
