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new trails. with these 5 unusual concepts paved the way for the autos of the future . what did you say? tell us that the comments below and don't forget to subscribe to our channel, 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 bring fuel before it's too late.

the, the, it's a cold january day in berlin. an unusual folks. the electronic is about to embark on an important test voltage from berlin's big industrial harbor. it has taken sebastian up in france and his colleagues years to get to the state together. the develop the world's 1st. you addition to about the ships, motors don't run on diesel, but some factories and 3 hydrogen fuel cells. the team from berlin is technical university is nervous noise surfaces. know if

it's a new ship, a new system, it's all new, so anything might happen moving, you know, maybe a fuel cell won't start today for the hydrogen system will leak. it may be an inverter will fail and we can switch over to the batteries, but that means anything can happen, and that makes me a bit nervous. i'm definitely, i hope everything goes to plan tomorrow while i'm offering this other stuff. if the electro it doesn't pass that certification testimony, 16 years of work will repeat in the this is how the fits propulsion system works. hydrogen storage and fuel cells we have oxygen because the ship takes in from the air, generating electricity to power. the motors only emission is clean water, gets a milestone in the fight against climate change. of the luck

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 sale 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 with 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. i've cooked sideways of the ships, travel international routes each year. they have long been exempt from climate 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. it's 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 by 2050 from 20. we levels claimant activists called irresponsible and took to the streets the point to the fact that many countries seem to be claimant neutral by 2050, the,

the countries they take responsibility for their writing, 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 not 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 motors. 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 some one over 1000 tons of c o 2 that is being made on this planet come from one of the options. i think that's

a mess 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. best 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 better ship design, because this also saved 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 significant. the 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 system in which one is or we discovered a seal system invented by german engineer, antoine slip. not in the 19 twenty's, the let no

police rotating cylinders on the decks of ships. since diesel was cheat back then, his idea did not catch on the left no till the sweat and the router essentially when the system propulsion for ships always re emerges when the fuel prices are high, the mention 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. at the end in the university of applied sciences used as a model placed in a wind tunnel to test the rotating 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

of the cylinder draws or pest. when, when hits this here, it is carried along an accelerated on one side of the router and slowed down on the other side the. this propels the ship forward, the, the amount of propulsion depends on the wind 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 and they've learned faster, isn't better. realtor speed must be adapted to wind conditions. those small 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 the central i think we were the 1st in the world to do this like this. that's tom, and of course the others are now doing it to, i believe, our research lab, the way i'll be sure field this is squared across 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 router's 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 deck deck toys. then they get some form installation would require several changes to be made to the ships decking, but altman's must convince the ship schooner 1st. let's see. give a duty not doing. we'll go up through the bridge and cut through the deck and then and the wheel house did start at housing on some of the offices across altman's is

determined by each 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? it's 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 are making the investment worth while. that's because us letting our realtor 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, peak industry needs a new fuel. hope all is alternative to diesel and heavy fuel are there these days there's an especially good supply of liquefied natural gas or g. it's already used by german shipping company, lloyd, while it's still a fossil fuel, ellen g produces less pollution 20 they show new ones and we are constantly looking at what is technically possible to reduce emissions and, and in l. n. g is widely available. the infrastructure exist uh and regulations are in place, and this means we can reduce emissions herron's now of the,

the world's 1st conversion of a container ship to liquefied natural gas propulsion occurred in 2020. the seminal moment was the installation of the l engine tank. 1300 ton receptacle placed into the belly of the ship by a floating cream 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 days, the brussels express transports containers between asia and northern europe. the cob type lloyd has placed orders for more l n. g powered vessels because gas has several advantages over heavy fuel,

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 missing can also escape into the atmosphere during l n. g production and transport as a fuel is not yet to claim it neutral. this to this client, the go they've cleaning, to become climate to neutral. and we went to achieve that with fossil fuels. 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 heels. and so that

a lot of green energy must be available, which is not yet, and the k, cuz i'm just interested in 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 ships 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. no one has any experience with such a system, but everything will have to work right away. first the team prepares for speed test as

much as the electron muscle reach 10 kilometers per hour. otherwise it may hold up other ships finished on the system. 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 and i was a bit nervously during the speed test at full throttle and i so we were all relieved when the speedometer showed 10.2 kilometers per hour hosting. we could have done more, but decided to pull back on this part of the canal. the speed limit is 10 kilometers an hour anyway, and we didn't want to take on necessary risks is quite a few minutes ma'am. of the what's the 1st stage completed?

the electra don't set the harbor in nearby sponge, but that was just the start. the 2nd 65 meter long barges washed to the boat. it looks empty, but it's loaded with many tons of ballast water. this will test the electra even further so far, sebastian up and bring him his university colleagues are pleased with how things are going. but more challenges lie ahead. the team is an uncharted waters. the firewall, the boat perform pushing this huge barge, is 150 meters long. the

team is heading towards funds. 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 elect trouble be pushing barges like this one from berlin to hamburg next year . the test run is over by 0 to sound. 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 alongside of us devoted well, in all the tests. it's great that everything works so well from the initial idea. all the height to realization was i stupidly to look up a lot of things i seem to have a lot of work. i always seem to have lots of blood, sweat, and tears for many people. but we've reached a huge milestone or something. cause now we can carry on some of them on

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 also i want to cross the atlantic, we need other fuels and, and, but we're a bit skeptical as to whether hydrogen would be feasible. difficult mostly signed the hydrogen supply in factories to to load the electronic travel about 400 kilometers on a single charge for shits traveling close to shore. that's not an issue. the container ships 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 sing 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 and their bottles are as big as houses on an average day at sea. 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 diesel for the last 100 years and shipping. now we have fairly short timeframe to reimburse something completely different. which fuel should be? yup, 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 and missing or coal 3 can be produced with lead energy for the thing that but the whole have one major drawbacks degree fused that we believe the future eh, green fuse that do not exist next to escape today. i think i'll main challenge is that we need to build a is 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 could be easily transported and stored in tanks. like here in rush, the ammonia is not yet for just using clean energy, but i can collect fruit on her calling, ian sparkman or convince this can change both specialize in developing green technologies. they are part 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 found it camp fire 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 the washington that counselor, consortium can make use of existing infrastructure. the . how many do you have? the port of ro stuck already has pneumonia storage facility and it's

a relatively short distance across the baltic. sea to scandinavia, some cognitive green ammonia is also being pioneered there. so that's a key focus for our collaboration to them of 8 or 10 solutions. and hopefully we in the region believe will soon be able to use ammonia shipping fuel. now i'm going to happen to be to, to this, just fucking that but as 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. it's called the stuff for you to on the science has planned to install this engine in a your, to research of ammonia fueled engines. be

the ship running on the moon. you would admit, mainly nitrogen which is already presence in the air. another byproduct, washer vapor burning ammonia, it doesn't produce carbon dioxide but it can create harmful nitrogen oxides including nitrous oxide quotes in greenhouse gas that must not be released into 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 fun wanted. sometimes they are confident they will soon succeed only then can

this type of engine be used in a shit the beyond spearheading the development of these engines can fires advancing the production of green ammonia. the needed renewable energy is expected to come from wind turbines in the region kind of funds, it's out of sight. now, we cannot wait another 20 years to bring a mooney of fuel to the market. we'll need to get this job done within 3 to 5 years . if we're to achieve our goal and ladies time the most of this there is still a long way to go. but even industry leaders are interested in the morning as a new shipping fuel yak of sterling and his team are expected to

launch max 1st. you initially shift soon. this company has brought its claim at target forward. it now seems to be claimant neutral by 2040 crude ammonia be the solution where the german citizens stand at him and have green fuel sourcing at mercy is looking into it. today she will be inspecting a world 1st. the engineers, the research center of the marine engine builder, m e. in in copenhagen are developing a large ammonia engine that can be used to power container ships. ahead of the research center. we are not fully our has come in to show him on the test engine where we have opens here, where you can see here at the bottom here, we have the piston. when the piston connects to the crankshaft face. at 1st,

only one of the 4 cylinders will run on the moon. here, 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 and sensors you including also high speed cameras. inside the combustion chamber, so we can follow exactly what happens in each revolution of the engine. then we can follow exactly how the flame is expanding and then how is 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 well, nobody knows exactly when the 1st engine will reach the market. so it must be really difficult to prioritize to visit him on can see that the money isn't

a viable option yet. the same dentist, the aspect of a lot of issues still need to be explored design. you mean, how do we design the ship? so it's safe, bunkering bunkering. how do we get the fuel on board? we need to answer all these questions and the single flight comb. perhaps ammonia will be a solution in the future, but mass 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 programs with new climate protection legislation. we now have a package that can take us to our goal, which is not a legal obligation of reducing our emissions with at least 55 percent by 2017 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 for maritime trustful. in 2024 regulators ad is 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 on the compensation, and then one of the results was that was the establishment of at the couple of us agency that's, that's just dedicated for this agenda only. and the way of i know, i think we are 5060 people, but you actually the team is working hard on finding a solution. we fairly quickly came to the solution that if we want to have impact in this decade then method, our dream method. oh, it would be the right choice because the engine technologies ready. the, the also speaking that institute has also decided to back method old technology. the institute research has climate change and operate several research ships

in 2019, they decided to replace the science vessel a ton with a more claimant friendly ship, the biologist, mika ok. so i guess is what we're seeing, 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 michigan now were entering the engine room. you know, the engine is the heart of the ship, which he had been biding. these are the 2 special engine. i mean, these were originally marine diesel engines. the 1st even more to but were converted to run on method all for this ship. one realistic to meet on the no

expert had informed clog this method or was an off that i know is that i should for losing bonaza. one of our ship building consultants had a leader bottle of method all in a suitcase. i could have you ever to suspect 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 on the diving side. 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 of 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're looking onto the island one. so it will be the world's 1st ship of this size to run on green method. all

construction at the new ton began in 2020, at the fast mass shipyard in northern germany. it took almost 2 years to complete the fees 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 to ship running on mess an old limits, mostly walter vapor. but during combustion, the engines also released the c o 2 used to produce the method all for the method all to be considered claimant neutral. this, you too must not come from fossil sources. the fuel is only green that the carbon

dioxide it was extracted from the here or came from a natural source like a bio gas plant. the fuel powering that would con, matches these criteria. you might have cryptic, is that climate shift someone recently said small ship, a big role model or vases to them. and there's a lot of truth to that. it 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. i'm not to do that. we are putting a nearly c o 2 neutral research vessel into service is unique. just the phone i just got we're happy and proud that we've managed to do it. it's also the income of the ship was finally ready to launch in the summer of 2020 to the new ton south on launching grounds above the visa river, ready to be put into the water for the 1st time the

the date has to be postponed twice because essential components could not be supplied due to the war in ukraine. finally, everything was ready to go. the success, she see where the the vessel was towed to a war for work could be completed. the good khan was just about ready to the parts. but there was just one more problem, the listeners for the bed and get signs of. yeah, the next step is to find suppliers who can produce and sell a screen method on the,

on the grid has to be that's a job for our shipping company. has been sold for college and got 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 checking to make that limit where we on the one hand. so we're ready to, to order a ship that could run them free 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 being mentioned or supply us. is that one to supply us mean method though, but the couldn't get started on building up the production because there was no

customer that were willing to commit with 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 house phone to share the challenges that these are completely new supply chains. now if we are, these are a new project on and plants for producing green method or green fuels on this scale has not yet been built on. this can only be done in partnership. investigate as of the case notes 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 into them by what's 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 preclude the planted

a way more expensive. but the fossil fuels that do, 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 office. you to techs, i c o 2 techs on shipping. that would make it more expensive to use foss with base to walk up. sterling and his team are counting on that happening soon. they have ordered 19 method ocean, which are now being built inside korea. all of them can run a boost method all and diesel say addiction equipment and they will be ready by 2025. may i ask, who's 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 also said just indicate a signal to, to everyone in the industry and both engine manufacturers and, and the fuel produces that we would. and from now on only eh, or to 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 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 or the to the points. strong opinion, clear position,

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