Denmark, Norway, and the United States in new alliance for emission-free shipping

Public-private partnerships need to drive innovation in critical areas related to green transition. New alliance on shipping is one of three launched by an innovation coalition with 23 countries.

Foto: http://mission-innovation.net/.

03.06.2021

Eva Harpøth Skjoldborg, CSR.dk

The governments of Denmark, Norway, and the United States, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, both based in Copenhagen, has announced the establishment of a new alliance for Zero-Emission Shipping Mission.

“The shipping industry needs to decarbonize to be part of the solution to the climate crisis. It will not be easy, and we don’t have a lot of time, but it is possible and now is the time to act. The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping is all about accelerating the transition by finding solutions through collaboration with partners across the ecosystem. With our partners we are proud and excited to co-lead this very important Zero Emission Shipping Mission,” said Bo Cerup-Simonsen, Chief Executive Officer of the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.

The Mission aims to accelerate international public-private collaboration to scale and deploy new green maritime solutions. The three main goals of the Zero-Emission Shipping Mission are:

  • To develop, demonstrate, and deploy zero-emission fuels, ships, and fuel infrastructure in a coordinated fashion along the full value chain.
  • To have ships capable of running on hydrogen-based zero-emission fuels—such as green hydrogen, green ammonia, green methanol, and advanced biofuels—make up at least 5% of the global deep-sea fleet measured by fuel consumption by 2030.
  • To ensure that at least 200 of these zero-emission fueled ships are in service and utilizing these fuels across their main deep sea shipping routes by 2030.

Three new missions and a platform

The three new missions established under the Mission Innovation-umbrella and working from 2021- 2026 are:

Green Powered Future – led by China, Italy and the UK – aims to demonstrate that, by 2030, power systems in different geographies and climates will be able to effectively integrate up to 100% variable renewable energy, such as wind and solar, in their generation mix and maintain a cost-efficient, secure and resilient system. 

Clean Hydrogen – led by Australia, Chile, the UK, the US and European Union – aims to make clean hydrogen[iv] cost competitive to the end user by reducing end-to-end costs to USD $2 per kilogram by 2030. The Mission will increase research and development in hydrogen technologies and deliver at least 100 hydrogen valleys across production, storage and end use of hydrogen worldwide. 

Zero-Emissions Shipping – led by Denmark, the US and Norway, together with the Global Maritime Forum and the Maersk McKinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping – aims for ships capable of running on zero-emission fuels (such as green hydrogen, ammonia and methanol) to make up at least 5% of the global deep-sea fleet by 2030.

Innovation Platform – will build global confidence in emerging clean energy solutions by tracking innovation progress, enhancing knowledge-exchange and collaboration and working with investors, innovators and end-users to accelerate technologies to market. 

Mission Innovation: three new missions launched
The shipping-initiative was not the only one being launched on 2nd June 2021. It constitutes one of three new missions under “Mission Innovation’s’” 2.0-plan launched at a summit in Chile on the same day. 

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‘Mission Innovation’ is a global initiative of 22 countries and the European Commission established at the same time as the Paris Agreement. These countries are responsible for 90 percent of global public investment in clean energy innovation, and in their new five-year plan, they commit to greater action to make clean energy affordable, attractive and accessible to all.

Three individual missions covering power systems, clean hydrogen and shipping, were launched this week, with each mission being led by a coalition of countries and brings together governments and the private sector to focus innovation efforts. The Missions are underpinned by a new global Innovation Platform to strengthen confidence and awareness in emerging innovations and maximize the impact of national investments.

In a Joint Statement launching Mission Innovation 2.0, Energy, Research and Science Ministers representing 22 countries and the European Commission (on behalf of the European Union) stated:

“As many governments and businesses around the world continue to commit to ambitious climate goals and to reach net zero emissions, the need for innovation has never been greater or more urgent. To achieve the Paris Agreement, all sectors of the economy need access to cost competitive clean energy solutions this decade.”

Ministers of these countries have committed to stepping up their collective ambition and cooperation; to maximize the impact of investments made and to develop National Innovation Pathways that describe how they will enhance ambition to pioneer clean energy technologies and/or sectors to meet their climate and energy goals up to 2030.

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