21JUN2019 - NEWS - Maritime energy transition needs LNG, says German shipping industry

A maritime energy transition in line with the Paris Climate Agreement is only possible with the help of liquefied natural gas (LNG), says the Maritime LNG Platform in a press release. LNG serves as a necessary bridging technology to a decarbonised shipping sector, as alternative clean drives will not be available in the medium run, says the platform. Over time, the fossil LNG can be substituted by renewable power based synthetic LNG. “LNG or synthetic methane holds the potential to reach all climate and clean air targets with already well-developed technologies,” said Friedrich Wirz, head of the marine engineering working group at the Hamburg University of Technology.

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