BASF, CPGC team up to develop carbon capture system for shipping
Chemical giant BASF has partnered with CSSC Power (CPGC), a unit of CSSC, to develop onboard carbon dioxide (CO2) capture system for “commercial maritime applications.”
PHOTO: CPGC and BASF representatives at the deal signing ceremony at the 2023 Shanghai International Carbon Neutrality Expo. BASF
The duo intend to combine BASF’s gas treatment expertise with CPGC’s marine engine and power system manufacturing and supplying capabilities to help decarbonise the global shipping industry.
Under the deal, both companies will conduct tests on various types of marine fuels and engines to develop an onboard carbon capture system.
The system will be based on BASF’s blue gas treatment technology, which was “developed specifically as an optimized large-scale carbon capture” from sources including “fossil power generation plants, steam reformers, waste incinerators or even the cement industry,” BASF claims.
The technology has “low energy consumption, low solvent losses, and an exceptionally flexible operating range,” the company adds.
The partnership will “promote differentiated layout in the low-carbon and green shipping industry,” CPGC’s general manager Shao Yu says.
The agreement was signed at the 2023 Shanghai International Carbon Neutrality Expo in Technologies, Products and Achievements this week.
By Tuhin Roy
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