MAROKO133 Update ai: World’s first 24,000-TEU methanol dual-fuel container ship begins sea

📌 MAROKO133 Eksklusif ai: World’s first 24,000-TEU methanol dual-fuel container sh

China has launched sea trials of the world’s largest methanol dual-fuel container ship, taking another big step toward cleaner cargo transport. The ship left Nantong in Jiangsu Province, East China, on Thursday, according to China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency.

Built by Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co, the vessel is designed to carry 24,168 standard containers. This makes it the largest ship of its type in service. The project also shows China’s increasing leadership in green shipbuilding as more countries look for cleaner maritime technology.

Massive vessel built for cleaner shipping

The new container ship was designed and built in China. It is almost 1,312 feet (399.99 meters) long, about 201 feet (61.3 meters) wide, and around 109 feet (33.2 meters) deep.

The ship has a deadweight tonnage of 225,000 tons and is the largest methanol dual-fuel container ship in the world. Ships like this can run on either regular marine fuel or methanol, giving operators more options and helping lower emissions.

Zhang Haidong, a company representative, explained the technological significance of the vessel. “The ship’s core breakthrough lies in its integration of the world’s largest methanol dual-fuel main engine, auxiliary engines and boiler system, enabling flexible switching between methanol and conventional fuel modes,” Zhang said, according to Xinhua.

The ship’s design allows it to use green methanol as fuel, which many now see as a cleaner choice for shipping. Experts think methanol could help cargo fleets meet future international emissions standards.

Green methanol could sharply cut emissions

According to Zhang, operating the vessel on green methanol could significantly lower environmental pollution from international shipping. “When powered by green methanol, a single ship can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 150,000 tons annually, while nearly eliminating sulfur oxide emissions and significantly cutting nitrogen oxide emissions, in line with the global shipping industry’s decarbonization goals,” Zhang added.

The shipping industry faces increasing pressure to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The International Maritime Organization wants the sector to reach net-zero emissions by around 2050.

Chinese experts say stricter international regulations are accelerating the adoption of cleaner ship technologies. Wang Zhe, a professor at Beijing Normal University, said new environmental rules in Europe are also pushing shipbuilders toward alternative fuels, including methanol, LNG, ammonia, and electric propulsion systems.

After sea trials are complete, the ship is expected to begin operating on international trade routes.

China expands dominance in green shipbuilding

China’s shipbuilding industry has continued to grow rapidly in 2026, especially in the green vessel market. Official data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that shipbuilding reached 15.68 million deadweight tons in the first quarter, up 46 percent from last year.

Green ships made up 80.2 percent of China’s new international shipbuilding orders during that time. These included ships powered by LNG (liquefied natural gas), liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, ethane, and electric systems.

Green ships are built to use fuel more efficiently and cut pollution by using advanced engines and cleaner energy sources. Wang Peng, an associate research fellow at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, said Chinese shipbuilders are gaining from the global move toward cleaner shipping.

Wang Peng also said that China’s affordable and advanced green ships offer a “Chinese solution” to help the IMO reach its decarbonization goals. These ships provide important technology that helps the global shipping industry reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

He added that China’s rapid progress in green shipbuilding is also strengthening the country’s supply chain, especially in clean-energy engines and new shipbuilding materials.

🔗 Sumber: interestingengineering.com

📌 MAROKO133 Update ai: Electric Company Says It’s Cutting Off an Entire Town So It

The data center scramble feeding off the AI boom is no longer just raising utility prices for nearby civilians — it’s rerouting their utilities entirely.

Bombshell new reporting by Fortune details the plight of residents in Lake Tahoe, on the border of California and Nevada, whose electrical supplier is cutting them off in order to supply more energy to nearby data centers.

According to the magazine, Nevada-based utility company NV Energy gave residents notice that they’ll stop providing power after May of 2027. That leaves California-based energy transmission company Liberty Utilities with a major gap in its supply chain, because NV Energy supplied 75 percent of its total power.

To understand exactly what’s going on, we have to untangle the mess of transmission lines and energy suppliers that makes up the US electrical grid. Taking a look on Open Infrastructure Map, an open source tool for mapping the world’s utility infrastructure, it’s clear NV Energy supplies the bulk of residents on both the California and Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. In all, Fortune reports the decision could leave as many as 49,000 residents in the dark — literally.

“It’s like we don’t exist,” Danielle Hughes, a Lake Tahoe resident and supervisor with the California Energy Commission’s Efficiency Division, told Fortune.

Because of the topsy-turvy web of energy concerns overseeing various chunks of the region, it would cost “hundreds of millions of dollars” to connect Liberty Utilities with a new energy provider on the California side, Liberty president Eric Schwarzrock told the magazine.

The data center boom is rapidly sucking Nevada’s power grid dry, with an estimated 22 percent of the state’s total electricity generation capacity going toward the behemoth computing centers in 2024. According to the Desert Research Institute, that figure could rise to as much as 35 percent by 2030 if current trends continue.

Responding to the outcry by local residents, a spokesperson for NV Energy told Fortune that the decision to uncouple from Lake Tahoe was a “planned transition for many years, not a reaction to recent developments.”

Given that residents now have less than a year to secure a new electrical supplier, though, it’s hard to imagine why the announcement was left for the last minute — and who will ultimately pay the price.

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🔗 Sumber: futurism.com