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Is hydrogen the fuel of the future?

E&T

The government introduced secondary legislation in 2019 requiring all sectors of the economy to achieve net zero by 2050. Professor Larkin says transporting fossil fuels accounts for about 15 per cent of maritime cargo, while ships have generally burnt “the fuel that nobody else wants” – dirty, heavy fuel oil.

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Nature-inspired tech to move transport towards net-zero

E&T

He and his team use nature-inspired computing – a form of artificial intelligence that is based on how the natural world organises itself rather than recreating human reasoning – to evolve solutions that minimise vehicles needed, reduce journey distances, and efficiently load and route cargoes to reduce the carbon footprint of transport.