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May 12, 2022
Technology
Turning trash in a flash to capture carbon
HOUSTON, TX: A new process developed by the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour can turn bulk quantities of just about any carbon source – i.e. a banana peel - into valuable graphene flakes at a fraction of the current price of up to US$200,000 a ton.…
May 05, 2022
Technology
Schenker plans autonomous Norwegian feeder vessel link
FRANKFURT/OSLO: DB Schenker has signed a pre-study agreement with furniture manufacturer customer Ekornes and vessel designer Naval Dynamics with the goal of operating an autonomous, electric-powered, short-sea container feeder vessel between the Norwegian…
April 14, 2022
Technology
AI customers cut cost, cardboard and carbon
BONN: DHL Supply Chain is using AI-based software to save its commercial and e-seller customers money and emissions for their box and parcel shipments. DHL says its OptiCarton app is a response to the current shortage in cardboard and packaging materials by…
March 01, 2022
Technology
SWISS to use sun-powered kerosene from 2023
ZURICH: Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is to become the first airline to use zero-carbon fuel from technology company Synhelion that concentrates solar heat into a gas and then synthesizes it into kerosene. Synhelion evolved from the Swiss Federal…
February 22, 2022
Technology
Airbus to test hydrogen-powered GE engine on A380
TOULOUSE/SINGAPORE: Airbus is to use an A380 aircraft to test a GE Passport engine to run on hydrogen in preparation for entry-into-service of a zero-emission aircraft by 2035. The collaboration with CFM International, a 50/50 joint venture between GE…
February 18, 2022
Technology
Schiphol to use robot taxi to cut emssions
AMSTERDAM: Schiphol airport is buying two TaxiBots this year, a semi-robotic hybrid towing vehicle designed for towing airplanes from a boarding gate to a takeoff runway without the use of jet engine power. Supplied by Smart Aviation Systems, the dispatch…
February 17, 2022
Technology
Grimaldi begins sucking microplastics from the ocean
NAPLES: The Grimaldi Group has discovered a solution to the growing problem of discharging microplastics into the ocean by installing patented technology to collect the particles from shipboard exhaust cleaning or ‘scrubber’ systems. In January 2020 the…
January 12, 2022
Technology
DHL sells winning eco-software in management buy-out
BONN: The Deutsche Post DHL Group has sold its Greenplan route optimisation software business via a buy-out by its management team CEO Clemens Beckmann and managing director Florian Merget. Greenplan uses an algorithm developed by DHL in cooperation with the…
December 21, 2021
Technology
Qatar invests in Rolls-Royce modular reactors
LONDON/DOHA: The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is investing £85 million for a 10 percent stake in technology start-up Rolls-Royce SMR Limited that will produce low- carbon nuclear power with small modular reactors (SMRs). The business has now received £490…
December 17, 2021
Technology
Truck manufacturers to build European charging network
GOTHENBURG/MUNICH/STUTTGART: Volvo Group, Daimler Truck and the Traton Group are forming a €500 million joint venture to build an European public charging network for electric-powered trucks and coaches from 2022. The plan is to install and operate at least…
December 13, 2021
Technology
United joins Alaska Air in electric engine investment
CHICAGO: United Airlines has invested in UK-based, hydrogen-electric engine developer ZeroAvia as part of a plan to retrofit as many as 50 United Express jet aircraft from 2028. The manufacturer is developing hydrogen-based technology that uses a fuel cell to…
November 30, 2021
Technology
DB Schenker orders 1,500 Volta electric trucks
FRANKFURT: DB Schenker has ordered 1,500 zero emission, 16-ton Volta Trucks with a range up to 200 kms. to deliver goods from European distribution hubs to city centres and urban areas. The first prototypes will be used by the company at 10 locations in five…