Tree Energy Solutions (TES), a German company co-founded and led by Marco Alverà, active in the development of an international synthetic natural gas (e-gas) supply chain produced by combining green hydrogen and recovered CO2, and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K LINE), one of the main Japanese shipping companies, have signed a collaboration agreement aimed at identifying solutions to make shipping carbon neutral by 2050.
In its decarbonisation journey, which includes an intermediate ‘stage’ in 2030, K LINE is in fact working to be able to use sustainable fuels, such as hydrogen and synthetic natural gas, on its ships.
Which is why the two companies will collaborate by exploring potential opportunities in the e-gas supply chain and in particular with regard to the future needs of refueling this synthetic fuel by K LINE ships in Europe, which can be satisfied through the ‘ green energy hub’ that TES is building in the German port of Wilhelmshaven.
The partnership also includes joint work on the more strictly technical aspects linked to the transport of liquefied CO2 by ship and the supply chain of synthetic natural gas as marine fuel.
“The partnership between K LINE and TES constitutes a milestone in our collective effort to accelerate the decarbonisation of maritime transport” commented Marco Alverà, CEO and Co-Founder of TES.
“AK LINE we are determined to realize our vision of carbon neutral maritime transport, and working together with TES will allow us to combine skills and resources to facilitate the diffusion of synthetic natural gas, laying the foundations for a more sustainable logistics industry” he added Satoshi Kanamori, Managing Executive Officer K LINE.
