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Biogas emerging as a key to Denmark’s sustainable future
The world is seeking ways to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve climate targets. While the European Union has established a goal to be climate neutral by 2050, Denmark’s government has gone a step further.
A new standard of BOG management
Developments for enhanced flexibility and efficiency of cargo management on LNG carriers.
Fresh opportunities emerge for VOC recovery
New EU regulations could add to the incentives for managing the methane present in the volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions that occur during oil loading operations.
Stepping up to decarbonise the maritime industry
Wärtsilä is leading the way in maritime decarbonisation, providing shipping companies with technologies that lay the groundwork for a low and eventually net-zero carbon future.
Bring in the Energy
Examination of the development of water glycol heated regasification systems for use on FSRUs and offshore jetties.
Easing LPG’s path towards acceptance as a viable marine fuel
Wärtsilä’s LPG Fuel Supply System (LFSS) makes a significant contribution to the company’s decarbonisation strategy
Wärtsilä sees wider interest in VOC solution for offshore sector
WGS have since the beginning of the 2000’s delivered VOC recovery plant to the Norwegian sector of the North sea to reduce hydrocarbon emissions in Norway.
Lubricating the gas value chain - Wärtsilä and SAACKE joint offering will deliver notable benefits
The technology behind Inert Gas Systems (IGS) is mature and well-proven, and Wärtsilä has long been a market leader in the development, design, manufacture, and servicing of advanced IGS solutions. SAACKE is the inventor of Gas Combustion Unit (GCU) technology and a specialist in combustion systems for seagoing vessels. Together, these two industry giants can improve system performance for customers and help the entire gas value chain to run a little smoother.
A deep dive into gas solutions for LNG carriers
Benefits of Wärtsilä’s Compact Reliq™ reliquefaction system, inert gas systems, boiler system and gas combustion units, and gas solutions services
BOG reliquefaction takes another step forward with the Compact Reliq from Wärtsilä
The Compact Reliq is next-generation technology designed and built with all the experience and in-house know-how that Wärtsilä has accumulated over the years.
Retrofit highlights use of LPG as a marine fuel
The world’s first LPG-fuelled vessel successfully set sail in October 2020. Powered with Wärtsilä’s customised and reliable Fuel Supply System, the vessel represents a major breakthrough in the search for new ways to reduce marine emissions.
Grasping the potential
Kjell Ove Ulstein and Per Helge Madsen, Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, AS, Norway, review the latest trends occurring in the LNG regasification sector and some of the new regasification technologies and supporting systems currently available and in development for FSRU conversations.
Revolutionary e-shuttle tanker boasts improved efficiency and lower costs
Promising 47% lower emissions and fuel costs of just under half of its diesel equivalent, the world’s first dual-fuel e-shuttle tanker aims to deliver environmental and economic benefits.
Producing sustainable fuel from animal manure
As companies around the world seek to transition to renewable energy, Wärtsilä has delivered a ground-breaking biogas upgrading plant to an agriculture customer in the USA, which converts methane into renewable natural gas.
Wärtsilä’s floating storage and regasification barges support LNG growth
Global adoption of small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) could be a reality soon thanks to Wärtsilä’s LNG floating storage and regasification barges (FSRBs). They facilitate access to tricky locations that were once impossible to reach to deliver, store and distribute LNG.
Gassed up and ready to merge
With the acquisition of Puregas Solutions, Wärtsilä has a foothold in the burgeoning biomethane market. Additionally, it gains a talented and specialised employee pool to grow a previously untapped market.
New shuttle tanker beats the emissions clock
A new shuttle tanker concept developed by TEEKAY, in cooperation with Wärtsilä, using Wärtsilä’s marine solutions expertise is setting new benchmarks for emission-control and efficiency.
Natural gas takes the role as backup fuel
The market for energy production, using gas, is ever growing. More customers want to go for a pure gas engine for varied reasons – environmental, legislative or even political. With this change, though, comes the need for a reliable and affordable backup solution using gas fuels. This article will focus on the different ways in which natural gas can be used to ensure production of power in power plants.
LNG terminals – land-based vs. floating storage and regasification technology
One often reads or hears people say that floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) are more economical solutions compared to land-based terminals. What is the basis for such a statement? Is it accurate? To answer that question, one needs a short history lesson to understand the past.
Princess Hybrid
Technology front-runner Eidesvik has become the first offshore services company to replace a gen-set with a hybrid energy system in an offshore supply vessel. The conversion takes just three weeks. To know more, read on.
The new Shuttle Tanker
The new Shuttle Tanker concept developed by the world’s largest provider of shuttle tanker services, TEEKAY, in close cooperation with Wärtsilä, will offer a new level of ecological and economical solutions by using Wärtsilä’s high-quality equipment and systems in innovative ways. Find out how this has reshaped the business of the industry.
Creating Optimal LNG Storage Solutions
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has taken a firm foothold as the marine fuel of the future, a fact that is clear to many stakeholders in the shipping industry. Despite this positive sentiment, the high investment cost for LNG storage systems is commonly cited as one of the major challenges in switching to gas. Wärtsilä continues to develop ways to combine technologies to create cost-efficient storage systems for gas-fuelled vessels of any size and installed volume of LNG.