seeing these crimes unfolding anyone i came to forego the number thanks for watching dw news. i'm tired. reading buildings have a great day. the, the the is, it is someplace power and key, more people than ever on the move world wide and such are based on life. i suggested in cardboard, backs on the left side of the image and find out about bailey story. info, migraines, the container ship. so the giants of world trade, whether bananas,

t shirts or televisions, most of our goods reach us by sea. but these huge ships leave a major environmental footprint. their stance, spirit, masses of greenhouse gases, kind of shipping industry transition to green fuel before it's too late. the, it's a cold january day in berlin. an unusual folks feel that truck is about to embark on an important test voyage from berlin's big industrial harbor. which has taken sebastian up and bring and his colleagues years to get to the state

together the develop the world's 1st few addition to about the the, the ship's motors don't run on diesel. but on batteries and 3 hydrogen fuel cells. the team from berlin is technical university is nervous noise. to know if it's a new ship, a new system, it's all new. so anything might happen moving on the internet, maybe a fuel cell won't start and fly for the hydrogen system will leak. maybe an inverter will fail and we can switch over to the batteries, but that means anything to happen, and that makes me a bit nervous on, on. definitely, i hope everything goes to plan tomorrow for small. i'm lucky if the electro, it doesn't pass that the certification testimony, 16 years of work will appear in the the,

this is hardly fits propulsion system, works, hydrogen stored and fuel cells. we have oxygen because the shit ticks in from the air generating electricity to power. the motors only emission is clean water feature. it's a milestone in the fight against climate change. a lot depends on tomorrow's test. and not just for the project team is the last test is still running. it's gone. i'm starting the fuel cell the electra to become a model for the entire industry. most ships still run a marine, diesel, and heavy fuel oil, which negatively affect the claimant. polling all shipping consumes about $300000000.00 tons of fuel per year.

shipping vessels of these massive amounts of air pollutants and greenhouse gases into the environment, including $1000000.00 tons of c o 2 per year. that's more than germany's total annual sideways of the ships travel international routes each year. they have long been exempt from claimant policy. the because the ships are always traveling between countries and coincidence, it is difficult to attribute their emissions to individual nations the, the international maritime organization based in london is responsible for regulating motor time transport is 176 member countries all have very different interest

bucks in 2018, they did agree to the 1st joint claimant target a 50 percent reduction of c o. 2 emissions 520-5020 we levels. claimant activists called irresponsible and took to the streets the points to the fact that many countries seem to be claimed neutral by 2050 countries. they take responsibility for their main shipping missions. everything falls between the lines, the amount, the shipping, and it says it's moving countries it's, it's a vast amount on what's on the type of maintenance will know what it might come as a surprise that the push for increase excitement action is coming from the shit. splinters, the shipping companies, one of the largest is a danish company mask. it wants to be c o, 2 neutral by 2050 nearest because recruited biologist

backup sterling from the world wildlife fund to devise a corresponding strategy for its police. the most, getting our ships a hell of a bit over 700 ships actually image 0 point one percent of the global c o. 2 emissions so. so one over 1000 tons of c o 2 that is being made on this planet come from one of our ships. i think that's a measure of responsibility that we need to, to do something about but doing something would require building new types of ships. what should these vessels look like? and what fuel should they use? building a container, ship costs, 100000000 euro is a more effect. so normally has a life span of more than 20 years. that thing on the wrong technology would be a disaster. but time is running a claim, inspection and ecological responsibility are no key factor. shipping. many

corporate strategies our direct customer behavior is changing and how invest us beginning to, to ask a different questions about this and being much more serious about it. if we don't act, it would speed on this. as a company, we might become irrelevant. so far, shipping companies are focused on saving fuel to a better fit design. because this also save some money. optimized, bocce produces energy consumption by up to 8 percent. streamlined, how can save up to 20 percent and reducing speed. also costs fuel consumption significantly. the

dish harnessing the wind can also help save energy. an idea of being pursued by mikhail fast ship's captain and university professor. lucky you can talk to one. so this one is a, we discovered a seal system invented by german engineer, antoine slip not fuel in the 19 twenty's, the black, no police rotating cylinders on the decks of ships since diesel was cheat back then, his idea did not catch on the flip, no, to the sweat and the roader essentially when the system propulsion for ships always re emerges when the fuel prices are high, the production of pies, the whole percent. this was the case in 20 o 7 when we kind of foss decided to develop a flat nerve wheelchair for modern cargo ships. had the image in the university of

applied sciences to use as a model placed in a wind tunnel to test the routing cylinders properties. he wants to know what type of surfaces best and how big the cylinder should be. this is how the flattening realtor system works. an integrated motor starts rotating the cylinder the cylinder draws air past when, when it says here, it is carried along and accelerated on one side of the router and slowed down on the other side. this propels the ship forward, the, the amount of propulsion depends on when speed and direction as well as realtors. since the weather at sea cannot be controlled,

researchers are running tests to find the optimal routes are speed for different wind conditions. the easiest things that they've learned faster isn't better. realtor speed must be adapted to wind conditions. that's why i phones from planet always pull on. that was a bit of a breakthrough for us. so i, you know, we realized that and you get a lot more out of a road or when you control it. well, thank you. since we all, i think we were the 1st in the world to do this, like homeless. that's tom, and of course for the others are now doing it to, i believe all research lead the way. let me share feeling this is squared. ralph ultimate is, comes in. he studied with me co foss years ago, and it's been a fun. that's a flight. no router ever since he advises shipping companies, uninstalling rooters on their vessels. something that requires careful planning

the fundamental will reduce the diameter of the base, and then it can go through the fox will dec victoria been doing it some for installation would require several changes to be made to the ship stacking but altman's must convince the ship. schooner 1st will be able to duty not doing. we'll go up through the bridge and cut through the deck and then into the wheel house to destroy the house and on some of the occupants of charles ultimate is determined by age. most is this, these, i would like to see these rotors become standard equipment and the shipping secondary model is allowing it to become more sustainable. that's when on. now, how do i'd like to see that happen as soon as possible? like now for that's my drink, that's my home. but things move slowly in the shipping industry. only a few ship, something equipped with water so far. although ship owners are reluctant to invest in the technology, a few projects are now in the planning stage. higher energy prices and the need to

reduce c o 2, we are making the investment worth while that's because us letting our router can reduce fuel consumption by about 50 percent fall improve propulsion systems like realtors, as well as better ship design and piloting can greatly reduce c, o 2 emissions studies show this won't be enough for shipping to become claimant neutral. the industry needs a new fuel, but both alternative to diesel and heavy fuel are there these days there's an especially good supply of liquefied natural gas, or ellen g. it's already used by german shipping company, lloyd, while it's still

a fossil fuel, ellen g produces less pollution 20 live show nodes on we are constantly looking at what is technically possible to reduce emissions and, and in and then g is widely available. the infrastructure exist. and regulations are in place, and this means we can reduce emissions herron's. now the world's 1st conversion of a container ship to liquefied natural gas propulsion, occurred in 2027. all moment was the installation of the elements and tank a 1300 ton receptacle placed into the belly of the ship by a flushing crane. its precision work and entire cargo hold had to make way for the new piece of the conversion was a pilot project, incorporating many custom meet components,

planning and installation to 2 years. these the as the brussels express transports containers between asia and northern europe, the tide lloyd has placed orders for more l n. g powered vessels because gas has several advantages over heavy field oil and diesel. above all the cuts during the carbon footprint of these giants compared to diesel burning l. n g release is 80 percent fewer nitrogen oxides about 20 percent less c o 2 but there's a catch some engines, a low methane to escape greenhouse gas, but measured over a century is 30 times more harmful than c o. 2 messing can also escape into the atmosphere during l n. g production and transport as

a fuel is not yet to claim that neutral seat is client is going to go, they've planning to become climate neutral. and we went to achieve that with fossil fuels, noise, and then gene that sounds reduce emissions, but it's only an interim solution. and so to, to show in the long term will need synthetic fuels. and so that a lot of green energy must be available, which is not yet in the k just i'm just interested watching one such solution is green hydrogen has used on the electra tube timberland. it's supposed to undergo its certification test, whether the electro can become a model for the future of shipping depends on what the inspector see. the ship's hydrogen powered engine must be able to deliver enough power.

the electric power system, a novel combination of batteries and fuel cells, is up and running. a new one has any experience with such a system, but everything will have to work right away. first the team prepares for a speed test as much as the electron muscle reach 10 kilometers per hour. otherwise it may hold up other ships such as right now speed is definitely our biggest concern on the next question is whether we can travel as far as plan with the energy on board the that's the plan to time the electro reach 10 kilometers per hour.

now who's watson height some i was a bit nervously during the speed test at full throttle. and actually we were all relieved when the speedometer showed 10.2 kilometers per hour hosting. we could have done more, but decided to pull back a proposal on this part of the canal. the speed limit is 10 kilometers in our any way. and we didn't want to take on necessary risks, the quantity maximum. what's the 1st stage completed? the electronics at the harbor in nearby sponder. but that was just the start, the 2nd 65 meter long bar, just washed to the boat. it looks empty, but it's loaded with many tons of ballast bullshit. this will test the electron even further so far as sebastian often brings in his university call. these are pleased with how things are going

but more challenges lie ahead. the team is an uncharted waters, the, the hi will the board perform pushing this huge barge? is 150 meters long. the team is heading toward sponsor. the electra is no pushing a load of around $1500.00 tons. will the hydrogen and battery charge be enough? if all goes well, the electro will be pushing barges like this one from maryland to hamburg next year . the test run is over vase in tucson. it was very interesting. it was my 1st time out on the ship and it was a really nice, quiet,

like you're just gliding along and it was devoted. well, in all the test, it's great that everything works so well from the initial idea. all, what do i need to realization was i stupidly to look up. okay. and for a few that was a lot of work to have lots of blood, sweat, and tears from many people. but we've reached a huge milestone or something, cause now we can carry on. some of them such pilot projects also interest marketing, thomas from one of germany's largest ecological institutes. for over 15 years, he has been working to advance a transition to green energy in shipping. and is just with an a study on alternative fuels for him. hydrogen propulsion has both benefits and drawbacks. to quote this preston hydrogen is certainly an option for shorter distance. and i saw 2 across the atlantic. we need other fuels and then both were a bit skeptical as to whether hydrogen would be feasible, difficult movie,

signed the hydrogen supply in factories to the low. the electronic travel about 400 kilometers on a single charge for shits traveling close to sure. that's not an issue. the container ship spend many days crossing the atlanta. they would need to store so much hydrogen for their trips. there would be hardly any room for cargo on top of that, the batteries would have to be so big and heavy. the ship would sink to reasons, hydrogen isn't suitable for power and container ships. these vessels need a different climate friendly fuel. one that performs well, because these giants require massive amounts of energy. the engines

in their bubbles are as big as houses on an average d. c. they burn a 120 tons of fuel that corresponds to the daily energy use of around 30000 households in germany. watts bore all systems on board cargo ships are geared towards the use of diesel and heavy fuel oil. and their crews are only trained in using that type of engine another advantage of using fossil fuels bunkering for refueling is possible at any time and almost anywhere in the world. the, we've been used to basically using the diesel for the last 100 years and shipping.

now we have a fairly short timeframe to reimburse something completely different, but which fuel should be? yeah, of sterling and his colleagues agree that neither the production nor consumption of the new fuel should admit greenhouse gases. the team is considering hydrogen, ammonia missing or coal 3 can be produced with lead energy for the thing that but they only have one major drawbacks degree fused that we believe the future eh, queen fuse that do not exist next to escape today. i think i'll main challenge is that we need to build a basically a completely new marine fuel industry from scratch. many experts believe that ammonia would be the most suitable. it is already mass produced and can be easily transported and stored at times. like here in rush,

the ammonia is not yet produced using clean energy, but tangled fruit and her calling in spots are convinced this can change both specialize in developing green technologies. they are parts of a larger team seeking to advance the production of green ammonia in ne, germany they hope the fuel can become a means dean, commercial shipping. to that end, they founded campfire or research and business consortium assaults. when the advice, if we want to reduce emissions and stop producing c o 2, and we need an energy dense carbon free energy source. and ammonia is the solution to this region is ideal for ammonia

production. for years, large volumes of the chemical have been shipped to and from rushed on the counselor consortium to make use of existing infrastructure. the how many, what's the port of ro stuck already has pneumonia storage facility? it's a relatively short distance across the baltic sea to scan to navia some cognitive green. ammonia is also being pioneered there, so that's a key focus for our collaboration to them of a door can switch to him. and hopefully push off is that we in the region to leave, will soon be able to use ammonia shipping fuel. now i'm going to have to be to, to should fucking that. but as is the case with so many green fuel, there's a catch with ammonia to, to date, there are new market ready engines available. scientists from the university of roast up, probably to change that. they are involved in developing ammonia engines for use on

ships and here is the heart of the future. yes, interesting engineers and technicians are working on it now comes to stuff for you on the sciences plan to install this engine. and i got to research, have ammonia fueled engines, behavior sees none of this has been done before. when i got something a, we've installed a lot of safety jobs, so if there is a leak, we won't get any flash back fine. we'll dismantle the engine and reassemble that on the yacht. safety measures are required because ammonia is toxic. even at low concentrations, it can damage the skin, eyes and lungs. while they work, the scientist must follow a strict set of guidelines. there

has been little research into how the media behaves when burned in an engine. nobody knows what to expect. the scientists hope they're work with this. we search engine will change that. they are ready to monitor everything from fuel consumption to engine temperature and composition of the exhaust the ship running on the moon. you would admit, namely nitrogen, which is already presence in the air. another byproduct, walter vapor, burning ammonia doesn't produce carbon dioxide. but it can create harmful nitrogen oxides including nitrous oxide, quoting greenhouse gas that must not be released due to the atmosphere, the

sensors to the engine measure of what levels of nitrous oxide for other nitrogen oxides are produced during combustion. the research are still need to develop catalyst to neutralize those unwanted companions, but they are confident they will soon succeed. only then can this type of engine be use in a ship? the beyond spear heading the development of these engines can fires advancing the production of green ammonia. they needed renewable energy is expected to come from wind turbines in the region. kind of funds this out of sight. now we cannot wait another 20 years to bring ammonia fuel to the market.

will need to get this job done within 3 to 5 years. if were to achieve our goal. at least the most of this there is still a long way to go. but even industry leaders are interested in the mooney as a new shipping fuel yak of sterling and his team are expected to launch max for 0 emission to ship soon. the company has brought its claimant target forward. it now seems to be climate neutral by 2040. couldn't moony up be the solution? where the german fitness has bennett him and had a reading fuel sourcing at mercy is looking into it today. she will be inspecting our world 1st. the engineers at the research center of the marine engine builder, m e,

and in copenhagen are developing a large ammonia engine that can be used to power container ships. ahead of the research center. the are not fully are, has come in to show him on the test engine where we have opened here for where you can see here at the bottom here, we have the piston with the piston connected to the crank shaft. at 1st, only one of the 4 cylinders will run on the moony or we can one step by step. the team aims to test the whole engine. at least we have so we have nothing more than 2000 census you, including also high speed cameras. inside to combust in champ, us so we can follow exactly what happens in each revolution of the engine. then we can follow exactly how the flame is expanding in and how it's facing the process. and we can make the adjustments, emmy,

and estimates that developing the ammonia engine will last through 2024 because it will be very valuable. he knows exactly the when the 1st engine will reach the market. so it must be really difficult to prioritize. david, in a mind can see that ammonia isn't a viable option yet as incentives to aspect of a lot of issues still need to be explored design and how do we design the ship, so it's safe, a bunkering bunkering. how do we get the fuel on board? we need to answer all these questions, single flight comb. perhaps ammonia will be a solution in the future, but man doesn't want to wait much longer. global trade is growing and with it the fleets of cargo ships according to the international maritime organization. this

could mean an increase of c o. 2 emissions of up to 50 percent by 2050 without counter measures are increasing, consumption will continue to burden the claimant. it presents an ever growing risk for humans and the environment. the calls for change are growing louder. impact of climate change is already being felt and legal frameworks are being tightened. in 2021 the you published it's fit for 55 program with new climate protection legislation. we now have a package that can take us to our goal, which is now a legal obligation of reducing our emissions with at least 55 percent by 2030,

which was set us in the past assignment neutrality by 2050. this proposal makes us frontrunners because this is the 1st legislative initiative of its time to for married time transfer in 2024 regulators added maritime transport to the european emissions trading scheme. the commission also ruled that by 2050 ships must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent the . it was pretty clear that we needed to step up and if it's something compensation and one of the results of that was the establishment of at the couple of us agency that's, that's just dedicated for this agenda only. and the way by now i think we are 5060 people working actually the team is working hard on finding a solution. we fairly a quickly king. so the solution that if we want to have impact in this decade then

method evergreen method. oh, it would be the right choice because the engine technology is ready. the the also speaking that institute has also decided to buy method or technology. the institute research has climate change and operate several research ships in 2019, they decided to replace the science special ton with a more claimant friendly ship, the biologist, mika ok. so i guess is overseeing the construction of the new ton at the start, the team carefully considered various propulsion systems. batteries would have been too heavy, liquid gas, too expensive of highly to the suv is now we're entering the engine room. no

pets fixed, the engine is the heart of the ship or which he has invited. these are the 2 special engine look for these were originally marine diesel engines. the 1st even more to but were converted to run on method. all for this ship over listed will meet on the expert had informed clog this method or was an option. i know that i should for the things that either one of our ship building consultants had a leader bottle of method all in a suitcase. i will not be able to spare, he put it on the table and said, look, gentlemen, kind of, this is how easy it is for me to bring you the shipping fuel of the future. and off on 5. imagine the effort if i had wanted to bring liquefied natural gas in a pressurized container, or you go to the dime site. so that's an all is only half as energy dense as diesel require a much bigger fuel tank. so this is the room with all the scientific equipment.

it was a challenge for the team at the shipyard to fit everything in, but they seem to have succeeded. so it's amazing how much you can attack of such a small ship if you want to. you can send nothing on to the island one, so it will be the world's 1st ship of this size to run on green method. all the the construction of the new ton began in 2020 as a fast mass shipyard in northern germany. it took almost 2 years to complete the speeds of the vessels method, all engines nothing all is mostly purchased from natural gas. but officials at the institute wanted these engines to run a produce from sustainably source hydrogen and c o 2. this is where things get

complicated a ship running on mess, an old limits, mostly walter vapor. but during combustion, the engine is also released. the c o 2 used to produce the method all for the method all to be considered climate neutral. this you to must not come from fossil sources. the fuel is only green that the carbon dioxide was extracted from the hair came from a natural source like a bio gas plant. the fuel powering that return matches these criteria. you might have cryptic, is that climate shift someone recently said small ship, a big role model, have boxes for them. and there's a lot of truth to that should v i v. because with this special in full, we are following a power. no one has ever taken with a ship of this size and not to do that. we are putting a nearly c o 2 neutral research vessel into service is unique. just this one

actually job you just got we're happy and proud that we've managed to do it myself with this one. this is willing to come of the ship was finally ready to launch in the summer of 2020 to the new ton santano launching grounds above the visa river. ready to be put into the water for the 1st time the the date had to be postponed twice because the central components could not be supplied due to the war and ukraine. finally, everything was ready to go the

success, to see where the the best. so was to, to a war for work could be completed the good on was just about ready to the parts. but there was just one more problem. the listeners for the event and get sign the yeah, the next step is to find suppliers who can produce and sell us green method on the, on the grid is to be that's a job for our shipping company. has payment phones because the mass space, the same problem, puts on a much larger scale. a single container ship. it's almost $300.00 times as much method. oh, is it good con, around $50000.00 tons a year. what's in 2021. only 200000 tons. of green method over produced worldwide, we found a loss of, say, one and

a half year back and this chicken and make them aware we on the one hand, so we're ready to, to order a ship that could run them pretty mess. no. but we couldn't really see who would, who would fill the tank. eh, i know, on the other hand they were, we talking, we were talking to a lot of different potential green method or supply us. is that one to supply asked me method. oh, but the couldn't get started on building up the production because there was no customer that were willing to commit american decision in favor of method. all this is no changing the shipping company is searching to meet the fuel soon. visit him on is responsible for procurement. a news, it won't be easy. when you have always fun to share the challenges that these are completely new supply chains. know if we are, these are a new project on and plants for producing green method or green fuels on this scale have not yet been built on. this can only be done in partnership investigate as

a vacation mode. so as i'm in progress, we have mirrors of can't do this a lot. i know the whole industry must work together. the slings, p. o was it in to them of i bought some more. the transition to green fuels could increase costs for shipping companies many times over the doesn't really make sense that the green fuels that do not pollute the planted a way more expensive. but the fossil fuel was the 2. and that has to change the very concrete and practical steps that both you and i'm all have to take. now it says implementing implementation of a c o 2 techs i c o 2 techs on shipping. that would make it more expensive to use fossil pace to jack up. sterling and his team are counting on that happening soon. they have ordered 19 method, all ships, which are now being built in size. korea. all of them can run them both method. oh

and diesel say addiction equipment and they will be ready by 2025. a man. it's because of already secure. the green method will need it for the shit. several of their partners will increase production to 2000000 tons over the next few years. but even that would be enough in the future. we'll associate just indicate a signal to, to everyone in the industry at both engine manufacturers and, and the fuel produces that we route and from now on only order ships that could run on green fuels when items, i mean when

a company leads the way that can affect which fuel prevail? how much is it? but it also sets an example and may have a certain promotional effect that it takes mind home for the to my dream for the future is to get the 1st green fuel projects off the ground. the 1st green method, all projects, and we must start implementing the solutions in the shipping is on the brink of a transformation, new technology stand ready to par. these giants of the scenes the could soon be a revolution on the water. one that would make cargo ships, one of the cleanest means of transport in the world. the green shipping is ready so long. it's waiting for a tail wind from business and government the

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success can be used across different jo, this is the real challenge itself. needs to be incredibly scarce way booming business is onto real media and lots just green washing. what's now on the, on the long voyage through the ocean and mother, i'm back with account for a long time. they had to be humans on the journey. but now the premises have to come to protect the of

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