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The current methanol source is almost certainly natural gas. There is quite a lot of work in trying to get bio-methanol and other truly low/negative GHG sources
by icegreentea2 3y ago
The current methanol source is almost certainly natural gas. There is quite a lot of work in trying to get bio-methanol and other truly low/negative GHG sources online (along with biodiesel, bio-heavy fuels, etc etc).
If you're asking for incentives - if the actual cost of materials does not become directly advantageous, then presumably we'll get plain old fashion regulation forcing the issue.
In any case, actually having these ships out there in operational service gives additional incentives to whoever is working on bio-methanol to like... actually get going.
Edit: Sneaking in an aside. If you were wondering about the naming, and maybe you were ignorant like me. Maersk is majority owned by A.P. Moller Holding. A.P. Moller is one of Maersk's founders.
- KingOfCoders 3y ago"Today we use biofuel from waste streams that are unfit to use for human or animal consumption." https://www.maersk.com/support/faqs/low-carbon-fuels-used-by-maersk-eco-delivery https://www.maersk.com/support/faqs/low-carbon-fuels-used-by...
- plorg 3y agoThat sounds more like biodigesters or landfill gas than the "hydrogen from renewable sources plus CO2 from the combustion of plant sources" described in a cousin comment.
- lazide 3y agoIt can also be exhaust from biofueled turbine power plants, which apparently are a thing in Northern Europe. Typically fed from timber harvest slash, brush, etc. [https://smartcitysweden.com/best-practice/399/swedens-largest-biofuel-heat-and-power-plant/ https://smartcitysweden.com/best-practice/399/swedens-larges...]
- amenhotep 3y agoChips from logging Canadian old growth forests, if you're Drax.