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June 15, 2022
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- Costa Cruises establishes a department dedicated to
decarbonisation
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- A new generation of
exhaust gas purification
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 Costa Cruises establishes a department dedicated to
decarbonization within its Carnival unit
Maritime, based in Hamburg, which will bring together expertise
scientific and technical group under a single entity and
will be responsible for the development and implementation of the
strategy to achieve the objectives of decarbonisation of
Costa and AIDA fleets by 2050. The cruise company has
explained that the commitment will be strongly focused on the
research and development, energy management and analysis
of data, in order to develop the action plan that will lead
zero-emission naval operations. As a priority, the new
department will work to further improve the
environmental performance of the existing fleet, working in synergy
with the sustainability departments of the Costa and AIDA brands.
In particular, the unit will study and test
new technologies, such as batteries, fuel cells, energy
solar and wind, to accelerate their availability.-
- With regard to emission abatement systems
of the ships in its fleet, Costa has announced that it is currently
a new one is being developed with the reference partners
generation of exhaust gas purification systems
gas cleaning systems) which will further reduce the
level of emissions. Expected subsequent developments will take place with
the application of alternative fuels on a large scale, including
biofuels (liquefied biogas and biodiesel), methanol,
ammonia and hydrogen, will allow ships to be
flexible in the use of low-carbon energy. A
in this regard, the Costa group is designing solutions for
meet storage and utilization capacity requirements
of new generation fuels, both for new ships
construction, both for the current fleet.
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