GTT to design carbon capture system for wind-synthetic fuel hybrid containership

French LNG containment specialist GTT has received a $5 million grant from French public investment bank Bpifrance to support the design of an onboard CO2 capture system for MerVent 2025.

PHOTO: 3D model of the wind-powered and synthetic fuel-powered hybrid containership designed in the MerVent 2025 project. Zéphyr & Borée

A consortium of French companies is working on the MerVent 2025 project. These include shipping company Zéphyr & Borée, wing-sail architect CWS, Centrale Nantes University, GTT and its subsidiary OSE Engineering.

Through the project, the consortium will design, build, and operate a containership powered by sail-assisted wind energy and synthetic fuel.

According to GTT, it is developing onboard technology to capture at least 30% of CO2 emissions from LNG, e-LNG, bio-LNG, and methanol, which are alternative fuels under consideration.

It claims that onboard carbon capture technology will reduce the vessel’s CO2 emissions by “at least 50%.”

By Konica Bhatt

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