Clean Planet Energy (CPE) has introduced two new ‘ultra-clean’ marine fuels that are made from non-recyclable plastic waste.
Launched under the ‘Clean Planet Oceans’ brand, the fuels are said to provide CO2e reductions of more than 75% and ‘significantly’ reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) and sulphur oxide (SOx) emissions.
Both fuels – a fuel oil and diesel equivalent – are produced using non-recyclable waste which would otherwise go to incineration or landfill.
CPE, which also recently introduced an ‘ultra-clean’ aviation fuel, said that its marine residual fuel product meets ISO 8712 2017 standards and its marine distillate fuel ‘matches the highest EN15940 Diesel specification’.
CPE’s CTO, Dr. Andrew Odjo said: ‘Clean Planet Energy’s marine residual fuel has a sulphur content of just 35 parts per million (ppm), and Clean Planet Energy’s marine distillate has a sulphur content of just 3ppm. This means that ships using Clean Planet Oceans marine distillate fuel can reduce sulphur pollution by over 1500x compared to ships using fossil fuel without a scrubber, and by more than 10,000x compared to ships with a scrubber.’
Odjo continued: ‘There is currently no legitimate and scaled alternative compared to using carbon-based fuels in the marine and aviation sector. Whereas cars are moving to electric, the lifespan of large vessels means we’ll be stuck using fossil fuel engines for many years to come. By using non-recyclable waste plastics as a feedstock for fuels in these industries, we can reduce the daily CO2e emissions by 75%, keep fossil-oil in the ground, and win valuable time in the world’s battle to hit net-zero carbon emissions.’
CPE will produce the fuels at its UK-based ‘ecoPlants’. The company has two ecoPlants in construction phase, with another four in development. A standard Clean Planet ecoPlant can process 20,000 metric tonnes of waste plastics every year and the company plans to build plants to process over a million tonnes of waste plastics a year.
