A Game-Changing New Tech for Cutting Shipping Emissions

The race is on to decarbonise shipping, a hard-to-abate industry in which it is extremely difficult to cut emissions. Over 50,000 cargo ships are at sea at any moment, and these ships produce around 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, which is even more than aviation, showing the dire need to clean up the industry. The long-term focus is on developing sustainable fuels, hydrogen fuel cells, or batteries big enough to power these giant vessels. However, one company believes it may have a short-term solution for reducing emissions as it…