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In his interview with Naftika Chronika, Mr Håkan Agnevall shares his thoughts on ship-
            ping’s currently available decarbonisation solutions and outlines Wärtsilä’s plan for
            the Greek market.





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            Håkan Agnevall,      Ö      Which of the available decarbonisa-  vide a sustainable customer offering. That is why
            President and CEO of        tion technologies and solutions do   we see companies like Nike or IKEA strategically
            Wärtsilä Corporation,
            in discussion               you believe have more potential and   investing in green transport. But there is another
                                        will be preferred by owners who wish   kind of customer growth in green transport: the
            with                        to invest in upgrading their existing  numerous industrial companies similar to Wärt-
            Giannis Theodoropoulos      fleets in order to minimise their envi-  silä that have committed to decarbonisation tar-
                                        ronmental footprint? Besides LNG  gets or set science-based targets. And when you
                                        and methanol, what other alternative   make such a commitment, you need to examine
                                        fuels does Wärtsilä believe might be   the whole value chain (supply chain, transport,
                                        efficient and competitive enough to  etc.) so these two forces come together.
                                        be considered viable options for the   We should recognise that shipping’s energy tran-
                                        shipping sector?                 sition will take time, even decades. We have a
                                 As you know, Wärtsilä is active in both the marine   saying in Wärtsilä ‘’green is not black or white’’.
                                 and the energy business. When we look at the   There are no single simple solutions. Looking
                                 marine side, there are two sets of driving forces.   forward, we believe there will be many different
                                 One set is the regulatory framework, includ-  marine fuels. Fossil fuels will still be there, and
                                 ing IMO regulations such as the CII. Owner  gas consumption will grow. There was a stigmati-
                                 and operator interest in decarbonisation has   sation of gas in Europe after the Russian invasion
                                 increased significantly in the last two years.  of Ukraine, but if you take a longer-term per-
                                 When the sulphur cap was implemented a few   spective, gas needs to be there, and prices will
                                 years ago, owners and operators followed a ‘’wait   come down. Then there is also the alternative
                                 and see’’ approach regarding scrubber instal-  of carbon-neutral solutions such as biofuels. As
                                 lation, etc. In contrast, today, we see a more  far as methanol is concerned, the technology is
                                 proactive approach and shipping stakeholders   mature enough, and we see an ever-increasing
                                 thinking strategically. The IMO regulations are   number of methanol-ready vessel orders. What
                                 moving slowly, but they are coming.     we are developing now is zero-carbon fuels.
                                 At the same time, there is a small but growing  These are ammonia and hydrogen. This year we
                                 market in green transport. Its driving force, which   will present a technical concept for ammonia
                                 may become even stronger in the coming years,   and, later on, in 2025, for hydrogen. These are
                                 is consumer goods companies that want to pro-  some of the ‘’fuel avenues’’ going forward, but


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