Wärtsilä highlights potential for new technological advances to enable scrubbers to tackle maritime CO2 emissions
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 16 March 2021 at 11 AM EETWärtsilä Exhaust Treatment highlights the potential for exhaust gas abatement systems to directly tackle maritime carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the near future, as technology advances and enables manufacturers to design and upgrade scrubbers to capture carbon at the point of exhaust.
Wärtsilä has conducted extensive research and development to explore how Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) can be developed and scaled in maritime. Initial findings show that CCS on ships is technically viable for the sector to pursue.