China has launched the world's largest power-methanol dual fuel engine in Shanghai, its producer announced on Tuesday.
Produced by China State Shipbuilding Cooperation, the fully Chinese-made and developed methanol engine weighs nearly 1,953 tons, with maximum designed power of 64,500 kilowatts, making it a "giant heart" of vessels.
With its advanced digitalized smart control system, the mega engine generates 95 percent of its power with methanol fuel, reducing carbon dioxide emission by over 7.5 percent.
"Let us make a comparison. Suppose the engine runs 300 days every year, the carbon emission reduced is equal to the total emissions of 72,000 gasoline passenger cars in a year," said Dong Jingjin, project manager of the methanol engine project of the China State Shipbuilding Cooperation.
Amid the ongoing green transformation of the water transport industry, the engine is expected to meet the huge market demand. And for its debut, the engine will be installed on a 16,000 TEU container ship soon. "Now engines of this type have been successfully installed on container ships and bulk carriers. The following market demand for methanol engines is quite considerable, and we are going to turn out different methanol engines in two to three years, hopefully applied to more types of chemical carriers and special purpose vessels and provide more environment-friendly and efficient power solutions," said Dong.
China unveils world largest power methanol dual-fuel engine
Russia said on Saturday that its forces had seized control of a settlement and struck Ukrainian transportation and energy infrastructure facilities, while Ukraine reported, on the same day, that its forces had launched attacks on a Russian military-industrial factory over the past 24 hours.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily report that over the past day that Russian forces had taken control of one settlement in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.
Russian troops struck Ukrainian military transportation and energy infrastructure facilities, and destroyed one transport-loading vehicle of the U.S.-made multiple launch rocket system HIMARS and multiple launchers of Flamingo long-range cruise missiles, according to the report.
Russian air defense systems intercepted one guided bomb, seven HIMARS rockets, five Flamingo missiles, and 172 fixed-wing drones, the ministry said.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that during the past night, Ukraine's Missile Forces and Artillery units launched multiple Flamingo cruise missile attacks on a military-industrial factory in Russia's Udmurt Republic.
Ukrainian forces struck a natural gas processing plant in Russia's Samara region, and Russian military targets including fuel depots in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, the Ukrainian side said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed decrees to sanction Russia's "shadow fleet," and entities and individuals serving Russia's military industry, the Ukrainian president's official website reported Saturday.
The decrees were signed to enact decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, said the report.
One of the decisions aims to counter Russia's "shadow fleet," involving 225 ship captains related to exporting Russian petroleum products.
Those sanctioned include citizens of Russia, India and the Philippines. Most of the vessels involved have already been placed under sanctions by the European Union, the United States, Britain, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Another package of sanctions was imposed on 46 Russian citizens, two Iranian citizens, and 44 Russian companies servicing Russia's military-industrial complex, according to the report.
Zelensky said Saturday that the Ukrainian side will do everything necessary so that the next round of negotiations between Ukraine, the United States and Russia can deliver results for Ukraine and peace.
Ukraine will by no means stand in the way of peace, he said in a video address.
Zelensky announced that his meetings with European partners are scheduled for next week.
The delegations from Ukraine, the United States and Russia held the latest round of talks in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb 17-18, with no breakthrough on key issues.
Russia reports strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, Ukraine claims hitting Russian munitions factory
