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Horse Powertrain’s D20 range-extender engine burns 100% methanol at 47% brake thermal efficiency, offering a credible e-methanol end-use pathway for road electrification without full battery dependency.
The European Commission has approved a €103 million Dutch state-aid programme to fund newbuilds and retrofits converting passenger and cargo short-sea vessels to methanol and hydrogen propulsion.
Twenty organisations spanning shipping, ports, energy and equipment sectors have joined China’s new Methanol-Fuel Shipping Supply Chain Innovation Alliance, signalling a coordinated push to engineer an end-to-end e-methanol production and bunkering infrastructure.
Maritime sector drives demand for e-methanol and renewable ethanol as carriers back decarbonization and fuel infrastructure scales up.
RSB releases RED III compliance framework detailing certification requirements for biofuel producers targeting 2030 renewable fuel obligations.
Carbon capture and utilisation plants targeting aviation and maritime e-fuels face new integration challenges as RED III certification and EU ETS frameworks reach full implementation in 2026.