According to an article published in Safety4sea, Danish innovation project ShippingLab revealed plans to create an internationally recognized platform for testing and validating new fuel solutions that can aid in reducing or eliminating GHG emissions from shipping.
Project Aim
The aim of the project is to develop a permanent platform for testing and validation of green fuels, which will help suppliers of sustainable fuels better understand the needs and requirements of the shipping world. This will create a bridge between prospective suppliers of sustainable fuels and the marine industry.
Platform Service
As explained, the sustainable fuel testing and validation platform is going to be an open platform for existing and future test facilities both in Denmark and internationally. The platform will facilitate a number of test and validation services for sustainable fuels in order to ensure that the required information within technical, regulatory, environmental and financial dimensions and demands is available to clarify if a potential sustainable fuel can become a product potentially traded in large volumes within the maritime industry.
A Linker Platform
These services will be provided by existing test and validation facilities at either commercial or academic organizations. So, the sustainable fuel testing and validation platform should not be regarded as a new competitor on this market, but as a platform that links producers with the relevant facilities for providing the necessary data about their sustainable fuels.
Shipping Lab Chairman’s Words
“The joint forces of the partners will ease the clarification on various directions and solutions. The validation platform will facilitate a joint effort and reduce the likelihood of missing out on solutions with high potential environmental and costs impact,”
…said Chairman for ShippingLab, Kjeld Dittmann.
Validation Platform
The first step will be to gather the relevant stakeholders to establish which validation points are required in the shipping industry and to map which facilities are already available in this regard. If the mapping shows a gap between facilities and validation requirements, these gaps will be addressed in independent development projects with participation from the relevant stakeholders.
Behind the validation platform is a number of important stakeholders, including Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, Alfa Laval, MAN Energy Solutions, DS Norden and A.P. Møller – Mærsk and the supplier of biofuel MASH Energy. The development of the platform is supported by the Danish Maritime Fund.
