During the coming weeks Stena Bulk will certainly carry out a trial run an MR vessel on 100% biofuel. The gas is the MR1-100 bio-fuel oil, generated from made use of cooking oil as well as provided by GoodFuels in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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It has actually been bunkered onto the Stena Immortal as well as will certainly be made use of to power the major engine in regular procedures to evaluate as well as confirm the technological as well as functional expediency.
“By doing this test we want to contribute to push the industry and pave way towards more sustainable shipping”, states Erik Hånell, President as well as Chief Executive OfficerStena Bulk “We want to be able to offer our customers additional options with less environmental impact in the future and by conducting the trial in normal operations we want to show that being sustainable doesn´t have to interfere with core business”, he proceeds.
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Biofuels work with normal gas however generated from biomass or biowaste rather than fossil oil.
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While there are lots of sort of biofuel Stena Bulk is just utilizing second generation gas, suggesting they are based upon waste as well as therefore do not take on food manufacturing. In this situation the gas is made from made use of cooking oil.
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The decrease of CARBON DIOXIDE by utilizing this certain biofuel is around 83%. In this test we will certainly decrease the discharges with 690 mt. These numbers are from a life process viewpoint, i.e. consisting of manufacturing as well as circulation of the gas. Apart from adding to a huge decrease in greenhouse gas discharges the gas additionally releases substantially reduced degrees of SOX than normal certified gas.
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