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THE PORT OF THESSALONIKI BECOMES THE FIRST PORT IN THE EU AND MEDITERRANEAN TO PILOT SHIP EMISSIONS MONITORING UNDER HELMEPA-LED METAVASEA
HEIDELBERG MATERIALS NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES FUNDING COMMITMENT FROM GOVERNMENT OF CANADA IN SUPPORT OF ITS GROUNDBREAKING EDMONTON CCUS PROJECT
Ship’ s Maritime Emissions Portal( MEP) under the HELMEPA-led METAVASEA project, with the support of Lloyd’ s Register Foundation.
In a key milestone for maritime decarbonization, the Port of Thessaloniki( ThPA S. A.) has become the first port in the EU and the Mediterranean to integrate Right-
Through this one-year pilot, Thessaloniki sets a new regional benchmark for sustainability, providing critical insights into value chain( Scope 3) emissions and enabling targeted, data-driven action. This pioneering initiative significantly advances emissions monitoring, empowering ports and shipping stakeholders to track and reduce their environmental impact. Courtesy of the Port of Thessaloniki.
WORLD BANK AND ITU JOINT STUDY COMMENDS ARCEP’ S PIONEERING WORK ON MEASURING THE ICT SECTOR’ S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Heidelberg Materials North America is pleased to announce that the Government of Canada’ s Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada( ISED) department has committed to finalizing negotiations on a Contribution Agreement for the groundbreaking Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage( CCUS) project at the company’ s cement plant in Edmonton, Alberta. When realized, this innovative CCUS project will be the world’ s first full-scale application of CCUS in the cement sector and will capture more than 1 million metric tons of CO2 annually.
The World Bank and ITU( International Telecommunication Union) have published a joint study titled:“ Measuring the Environmental impact of the ICT Sector
– Arcep case study” devoted entirely to the pioneering approach spearheaded by Arcep. The Authority welcomes this international recognition of the work begun in 2019, and which has led to it being,‘ the first and only sectoral regulator today that publishes indicators on the data collected from ICT industry players to assess and track their environmental impact’. Arcep also welcomes the creation of a new ITU working group dedicated to this subject.
Close to 40 % of national regulatory authorities want to be able to assess ICT’ s impact on the environment, but scarcely 20 % of them have the power to collect environmental data. Courtesy of Arcep.
In 2023, the Honorable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, signed a letter of intent to contribute $ 275 million for Heidelberg Materials’ pioneering Edmonton CCUS project. The Government has already entered into an agreement for a phase 1 contribution of $ 49 million for the first phase of this project. Once finalized through an agreement for phase 2, the remainder of this funding, up to $ 226 million, will contribute to the construction of the cement sector’ s first full-scale carbon capture, utilization and storage( CCUS) system and a combined heat and power( CHP) system at its Edmonton cement facility. Courtesy of Heidelberg Materials.
WOOD TO DELIVER ENGINEERING FOR MAJOR EUROPEAN GREEN HYDROGEN FACILITY
Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, has been awarded the front-end engineering design( FEED) scope for the Zeevonk hydrogen facility, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The hydrogen plant will be powered by offshore wind and floating offshore solar from the Zeevonk offshore developments.
The Zeevonk project is a joint venture between Vattenfall, a leading European energy company, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners( CIP), the world’ s largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments, through its Energy Transition Fund( CI ETF I). This ambitious initiative will advance Vattenfall’ s net-zero emissions goals and play a significant role in advancing Europe towards its target of meeting net-zero emissions by 2050. Courtesy of Wood.
10 FUGITIVE EMISSIONS JOURNAL • APRIL 2025