News / MAN eyes retrofit of 2,300 active engines to cleaner energy, cutting CO2

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MAN Energy Solutions claims some 2,300 engines currently in service could be retrofitted to run on green fuels, potentially resolving a major hurdle for the decarbonisation of shipping.

MAN would not say how many of these engines were in operation on container vessels; however, assuming carbon-neutral e-fuels can be made available in sufficient quantities, this “massive number” of retrofits could reduce CO2 emissions from the maritime industry by 80m tonnes annually, said Klaus Rasmussen, MAN PrimeServ head of projects and PVU ...