{"id":973,"date":"2013-03-26T11:15:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T10:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/?p=973"},"modified":"2018-05-02T17:08:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T15:08:00","slug":"maersk-funds-research-to-develop-lignin-as-alternative-marine-fuel-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/maersk-funds-research-to-develop-lignin-as-alternative-marine-fuel-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Maersk funds research to develop lignin as alternative marine fuel source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Edith_Maersk_Suez.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-978\" title=\"Edith_Maersk_Suez Image credit: http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Heb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Edith_Maersk_Suez-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Edith_Maersk_Suez-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Edith_Maersk_Suez-600x411.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Edith_Maersk_Suez.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>Shipping giant Maersk has announced an investment into two biomass research to reduce its bunker fuel consumption. The two projects will focus on realizing the marine fuel potential through one of the worlds most abundant and sustainable biomass resources: lignin.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Maersk signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Progression Industry\u2014a spin-off company of Eindhoven University of Technology\u2014to develop a viable marine fuel from lignin that meets stringent parameters on price, technical performance, sustainability and emissions.<br \/>\nA separate project called \u2018Biomass for the 21st Century\u2019 is co-funded by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation and involves Maersk , DONG Energy and several other companies and academic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement between Maersk and Progression Industry states that if Progression can produce a lignin based fuel that meets Maersk\u2019s criteria then Maersk will buy 50,000 tonnes of this fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the past 75 years, the shipping companies have used oil, but looking at the next 75 years this is likely to change. In the longer term oil is simply going to run out, so we need to start looking for alternatives,\u201d says Jacob Sterling, head of Environment and CSR in Maersk Line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supplychaindigital.com\/global_logistics\/maersk-announce-investment-into-biomass-research\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shipping giant Maersk has announced an investment into two biomass research to reduce its bunker fuel consumption. The two projects will focus on realizing the marine fuel potential through one&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5530,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions\/5530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}