Can They? Should They?: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to DOE’s Biofuels in Marine Engines
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The fuels market and demand for jet fuels is big, but what about the marine sector? After all, over 90% of all goods are shipped via marine vessels fueled with high sulfur (3.5 wt.%) heavy residual fuel oil (HFO).
Zia Haq, Siva Sivasubramanian, Mark Shmorhun, Mohan Gupta, all from the U.S. Department of Energy, gave this illuminating overview of ORNLs evaluation of bio-oils for use in marine engines, recent reports on the potential for biofuels in marine vessels, NREL and BETO’s results from their techno-economic analysis data, and more at ABLC 2019 in Washington, D.C. READ MORE
Understanding the Opportunities of Biofuels for Marine Shipping (U.S. Department of Energy)