This report assesses low-carbon marine fuel technologies in terms of their technical, economic, and carbon intensity aspects, aligning with the International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s goals of reducing GHG emissions in the global maritime industry by at least 50 percent from 2008 levels by 2050 and achieving zero-emissions by 2100.  Key technologies covered at the cost of production level include Renewable Diesel, Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME), Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), MSW-based bio-methanol, e-methanol, green ammonia and green hydrogen.   This report also presents a comparative analysis of the overall carbon intensity, considering scope 1, scope 2, upstream scope 3 and downstream scope 3 (fuel combustion) emissions across these fuel pathways.

Market Scenario Planning: Carbon Pricing report provides NexantECA’s scenario forecast for carbon pricing out to 2050 for the EU ETS.  Scenarios forecast pricing based on Business As Usual, Base and Aggressive Net Zero assumptions whereby underlying policy and decarbonisation efforts evolve in fundamentally different ways.  As well as the scenarios, background to policy efforts, detail on global legislation and the likely impact on the petrochemical industry are provided.This report is part of our new Market Scenario Planning program which looks at emerging products, market events and end-use industries where scenario forecasting provides more value due to the higher uncertainty associated with the subject.  Scenarios are defined and are informed by NexantECA’s expert knowledge of chemical, fuel and fertilizer markets.

This report provides an overview of the conventional and developing technological, economic and market aspects of water desalination for green hydrogen production. Cost estimates have been developed for the desalination of seawater to produce potable quality water via the three most common desalination technologies: multistage flash, multi effect distillation, and reverse osmosis. Market drivers, capacity additions, and key players in the desalination sector are also provided.

This report is techno-economic analysis of available technologies for the production of pipeline quality renewable natural gas. Major technologies covered at the cost of production level include biogas upgrading (via anaerobic digestion or landfill gas collection), SNG, CO2 reforming, and microbial electrosynthesis. Carbon intensity of these routes is compared and capacity maps for key regions are also included.