The Getting to Zero Coalition’s third update of its ‘Mapping of Zero Emission Pilots and Demonstration Projects’ showcases global action across the value chain and delivers valuable new insights into how industry is assembling the building blocks of shipping’s decarbonisation pathway. The third edition of the Mapping includes significantly more projects – up from 106 to 203 – focusing on ship technologies, fuel production as well as bunkering and infrastructure.

This edition of the report includes more detailed information on vessel types, fuel focus, and technologies under development, which could help the industry and regulators to track emerging trends and specialisation. Some of the key findings in this year’s mapping include an increased focus on hydrogen-derived fuels, a higher number of large vessels targeting ammonia and methanol, more bunkering and infrastructure projects, as well as the emergence of fuel production in Oceania. Looking at fuel production developments over time, there is a steady and significant increase in hydrogen production projects, and from 2021 there has been a significant increase in ammonia production as well.

Most projects in the mapping, 114 in total, have a connection to Europe. However, the new mapping includes 60 Asian projects, up from 31 in the second edition. In addition to a wider geographical focus, the mapping study has in its third version been expanded to include a new category focusing on the parts of the value chain involved in each project. The Getting to Zero Coalition’s recent report ‘The Next Wave: Green Corridors’ identified cross-value chain collaboration as one of the key building blocks to establish green corridors. Building on the findings of the report, the mapping has been expanded to track parts of the value chain involved in pilot and demonstration projects. The Getting to Zero Coalition’s ‘Mapping of Zero Emission Pilots and Demonstration Projects’ is updated on a continuing basis.
Source: IAPH