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Maersk Makes $1.4B Bet on Methanol Ships

9 points by guerby 5y ago

guerby 5y ago
Additionnal links: * financing https://gcaptain.com/maersk-issues-first-green-bond-to-help-fund-methanol-powered-newbuilds/ https://gcaptain.com/maersk-issues-first-green-bond-to-help-... * engine https://www.man-es.com/company/press-releases/press-details/2021/08/25/milestone-order-for-world-s-largest-methanol-dual-fuel-engine https://www.man-es.com/company/press-releases/press-details/... "This is a massive milestone as these engines will be the largest methanol-burning engines ever constructed. They will be based on their well-proven 50-bore counterpart, which has already been in our engine portfolio for some time gathering more than 100,000 running hours on methanol alone." * https://www.iea-amf.org/app/webroot/files/file/Annex%20Reports/AMF_Annex_56.pdf https://www.iea-amf.org/app/webroot/files/file/Annex%20Repor... * https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2021/08/24/maersk-accelerates-fleet-decarbonisation https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2021/08/24/maersk-accel... "" In the first quarter of 2024, A.P. Moller - Maersk will introduce the first in a groundbreaking series of 8 large ocean-going container vessels capable of being operated on carbon neutral methanol. The vessels will be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and have a nominal capacity of approx. 16,000 containers TEU"" * https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2021/08/18/maersk-secures-green-e-methanol https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2021/08/18/maersk-secur... ""The methanol facility will use renewable energy and biogenic CO2 to produce the e-methanol. The fuel production is expected to start in 2023. The energy needed for the power-to-methanol production will be provided by a solar farm in Kassø, Southern Denmark. " * process https://info.topsoe.com/emethanol https://info.topsoe.com/emethanol "The required electrical input will depend on how the hydrogen is sourced, and whether the methanol process is integrated into an existing plant or a stand-alone plant. If the hydrogen is sourced from an electrolysis unit, the power consumption (for hydrogen generation only) will be approximately 10.5 MWh per ton methanol." * process https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/methanol-synthesis https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/methanol-sy... "Transport Fuel, Arno de Klerk, in Future Energy (Third Edition), 2020 "Methanol synthesis, Eq. (10.9), is a very exothermic reaction" "With water-cooled reactor designs, higher once-through conversion is possible,"
- Valgrim 5y ago
  "If the hydrogen is sourced from an electrolysis unit, the power consumption (for hydrogen generation only) will be approximately 10.5 MWh per ton methanol." That does seem like a lot of energy to create very little fuel, which is going to be released again as CO2 anyway.
  - guerby 5y ago
    According to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol_fuel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol_fuel Methanol is 19.7 MJ/kg so 5.47 kWh/kg and 5.47 MWh per ton. I assume shipping is not often weight constrained. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_fuel_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_fuel_oil https://transportgeography.org/contents/chapter4/transportation-and-energy/combustibles-energy-content/ https://transportgeography.org/contents/chapter4/transportat... Current "bunker oil" is 40 MJ/kg so approximately double, but toxic emissions (sulfur content) are so bad that some countries/states mandate using a less polluting (less sulfur) fuel when near coasts.

9 points by guerby 5y ago

Additionnal links: * financing https://gcaptain.com/maersk-issues-first-green-bond-to-help-fund-methanol-powered-newbuilds/ https://gcaptain.com/maersk-issues-first-green-bond-to-help-... * engine https://www.man-es.com/company/press-releases/press-details/2021/08/25/milestone-order-for-world-s-largest-methanol-dual-fuel-engine https://www.man-es.com/company/press-releases/press-details/... "This is a massive milestone as these engines will be the largest methanol-burning engines ever constructed. They will be based on their well-proven 50-bore counterpart, which has already been in our engine portfolio for some time gathering more than 100,000 running hours on methanol alone." * https://www.iea-amf.org/app/webroot/files/file/Annex%20Reports/AMF_Annex_56.pdf https://www.iea-amf.org/app/webroot/files/file/Annex%20Repor... * https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2021/08/24/maersk-accelerates-fleet-decarbonisation https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2021/08/24/maersk-accel... "" In the first quarter of 2024, A.P. Moller - Maersk will introduce the first in a groundbreaking series of 8 large ocean-going container vessels capable of being operated on carbon neutral methanol. The vessels will be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and have a nominal capacity of approx. 16,000 containers TEU"" * https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2021/08/18/maersk-secures-green-e-methanol https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2021/08/18/maersk-secur... ""The methanol facility will use renewable energy and biogenic CO2 to produce the e-methanol. The fuel production is expected to start in 2023. The energy needed for the power-to-methanol production will be provided by a solar farm in Kassø, Southern Denmark. " * process https://info.topsoe.com/emethanol https://info.topsoe.com/emethanol "The required electrical input will depend on how the hydrogen is sourced, and whether the methanol process is integrated into an existing plant or a stand-alone plant. If the hydrogen is sourced from an electrolysis unit, the power consumption (for hydrogen generation only) will be approximately 10.5 MWh per ton methanol." * process https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/methanol-synthesis https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/methanol-sy... "Transport Fuel, Arno de Klerk, in Future Energy (Third Edition), 2020 "Methanol synthesis, Eq. (10.9), is a very exothermic reaction" "With water-cooled reactor designs, higher once-through conversion is possible,"

Valgrim 5y ago
"If the hydrogen is sourced from an electrolysis unit, the power consumption (for hydrogen generation only) will be approximately 10.5 MWh per ton methanol." That does seem like a lot of energy to create very little fuel, which is going to be released again as CO2 anyway.
- guerby 5y ago
  According to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol_fuel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol_fuel Methanol is 19.7 MJ/kg so 5.47 kWh/kg and 5.47 MWh per ton. I assume shipping is not often weight constrained. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_fuel_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_fuel_oil https://transportgeography.org/contents/chapter4/transportation-and-energy/combustibles-energy-content/ https://transportgeography.org/contents/chapter4/transportat... Current "bunker oil" is 40 MJ/kg so approximately double, but toxic emissions (sulfur content) are so bad that some countries/states mandate using a less polluting (less sulfur) fuel when near coasts.