Tag: Singapore

Seatrium and NTU launch New Energy Lab to drive maritime decarbonization

August 14, 2024 | Jim Kendrick

In Singapore, Seatrium Limited and Nanyang Technological University have launched the Seatrium New Energy Laboratory in Singapore, focusing on advancing sustainable energy solutions for the Offshore and Marine sector. The partnership, solidified through a Memorandum of Understanding, aims to address critical challenges in maritime decarbonization, offshore renewables, and digitalization. The lab will explore innovative technologies, […]

TotalEnergies delivers first 100% biofuel bunker in Singapore

August 14, 2024 | Jim Kendrick

In Singapore, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels delivered 700 metric tons of 100% Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester in Singapore to Hyundai Glovis’ vessel, Glovis Cosmos. This is the first time TotalEnergies has supplied a biofuel bunker composed entirely of UCOME, a second-generation, waste-based fuel sourced in Southeast Asia and certified under the International Sustainability & Carbon […]

Swire Shipping completes sustainable biofuel trial

August 9, 2024 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that Singapore-based shipping company Swire Shipping, part of Swire Group, has completed a sustainable B24 biofuel trial on its transpacific service. MV Suva Chief, a containership on the Sun Chief Express Ocean service, was bunkered in Hong Kong with sustainable B24 biofuel, a blend of sustainable biodiesel of waste […]

TFG Marine signs charter with Consort Bunkers for new methanol-ready tankers

July 31, 2024 | Jim Kendrick

In Singapore, TFG Marine, a marine fuel joint venture founded by Trafigura, Frontline, and Golden Ocean, has signed a long-term time charter agreement with Consort Bunkers for four newbuild methanol carriage-ready bunker tankers. The 6,500-dwt IMO type 2 tankers are being built by Merchants Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, China. Operated by Consort Bunkers for TFG […]

Google, PacificLight Energy and Rexus Bioenergy agree 10-year WwtE deal for Singapore data centers

July 31, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Singapore, Google, PacificLight Energy (PLE) and Rexus Bioenergy (RExus) have entered into a 10-year collaboration under which PacificLight will offtake renewable energy generated from RExus’s Waste Wood-to-Energy (WWtE) Plant and supply it to Google. The renewable energy generated by the new WWtE plant will be certified under the International Renewable Energy Certificate (I-REC) standard. […]

Clifford Capital and Pentagreen Capital provide $30M green loan to BECIS

July 30, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Singapore, Clifford Capital and Pentagreen Capital, the sustainable infrastructure debt financing platform established by HSBC and Temasek, recently announced a joint green loan collaboration of $30 million with BE C&I Solutions Holding Pte. Ltd. (“BECIS”) to catalyse the construction of distributed sustainable bioenergy projects across Southeast Asia and India. The borrowing entity is BECIS […]

Singapore’s GCMD completes final marine decarbonization trial

July 28, 2024 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In Singapore, MarineLink reported that the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization in Singapore (GCMD) announced that it had completed the final trials of biofuels for ships, with German container company Hapag-Lloyd as well as energy giant BP. The report noted that GCMD started a project in 2022 to test various biofuel blends and reduce carbon […]

Singaporean data center provider begins gen set switch to HVO

July 25, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Singapore, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), one of the world’s fastest-growing data center providers announced the deployment of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to its data centres in Singapore, as a renewable fuel replacing conventional diesel fuel for backup generators. STT GDC is the first data centre operator in Singapore to deploy HVO […]

GCMD Uses Tracer for Biofuel Supply Chain Trials with Hapag-Lloyd

July 24, 2024 | Jim Kendrick

In Singapore, The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has completed its final biofuel blend supply chain trial with Hapag-Lloyd with an organic-based tracer supplied by Authentix to ensure the biofuel’s integrity. The tracer was detected at all sampling points, confirming its authenticity. The trial involved the bunkering of 4,500 MT of B30 marine biofuel […]

Purrrrfect solution: UMAMI Bioworks plans cultivated seafood cat treat launch

July 22, 2024 | Rebecca Gendron

In Singapore, cultivated seafood company UMAMI Bioworks has partnered with Friends & Family Pet Food Co. to launch the world’s first cat treats made from lab-grown fish. The collaboration aims to address the pressing need for environmental stewardship amidst dwindling ocean resources and growing demand of sustainable pet food. In addition to sustainability benefits, the […]

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