Sustainable shipping with methanol

A clean fuel that is readily available in most ports and that can easily be stored aboard ships, methanol is ideally positioned to help make waterborne transport more sustainable.

Transport and Mobility

Climate Change and Environment

Energy

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Thanks to the retrofit solutions developed by the FASTWATER project, vessels can now install methanol engines to significantly reduce their CO₂ emissions. The project has already helped retrofit a harbour tugboat, pilot boat and coast guard vessel, and has plans to design a methanol-powered river cruise ship. Following careful analysis of these ships’ performance, researchers plan to further develop its methanol solutions with a look towards commercialisation.

Keywords

• Europe
• climate neutrality
• energy
• renewables
• fossil fuels
• imports
• research
• synergy
• funding
• Clean energy transition