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Climate change mitigation: Navigating unsettled waters

There is no map beyond established routes, which is why Solvang’s Clipper Future programme keeps open different pathways through the energy transition.

Biodiversity: Our impact on maritime ecosystems

Solvang deploys comprehensive measures to protect the marine environment, in compliance with GRI 101: Biodiversity, and the UN SDG 14 – Life below water.

Solvang’s total emission control

Our goal is to minimise operational and indirect emissions, and strive for zero spills to the environment. This is how Solvang deploys all systems to minimize our operational footprint on the environment and climate.

The world’s first carbon capture is running

After years of research, development and testing, Solvang’s carbon capture pilot was launched on Clipper Eris at the Seatrium Admiralty in Singapore.

Fleet down 22 percent on emissions – up 21 percent on capacity

Since 2009, Solvang’s gas carrier tonnage has grown by 15 percent in terms of DWT, and by 21.4 percent in cargo capacity. In the same period, GHG emissions have been reduced by 21.5 percent, all due to exhaust gas recirculation and cleaning, hull, propeller and drivetrain optimization, and continuous operational improvements.

Discharges to sea and land

Under normal operation, discharges to the sea are small and we have chosen to consider the following categories:

A long voyage towards discovery

After 12 years of experimentation, research and development, Solvang and our partners present a game changer technology: The shipboard carbon capture system.

The cross-sectoral tradeoff

Given the precarious need for climate change mitigation and a scarce supply of renewable energy sources in the foreseeable future, renewable energy sources should be deployed where the climate effect is highest, which sometimes implies a tradeoff between sectors.