{
  "id": 2017380,
  "title": "Biomethane supply could fall short of shipping’s 2030 fuel needs – MMMCZCS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/biomethane-supply-could-fall-short-of-shippings-2030-fuel-needs",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-19T21:00:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/biomethane-supply-could-fall-short-of-shippings-2030-fuel-needs-mmmczcs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) has warned that the supply of biomethane may fall short of meeting shipping's fuel needs by 2030. According to the center, global biomethane supply could reach around 21 billion cubic metres (bcm) by 2030 under a base-case scenario, which could theoretically cover about 70% of the low-emissions fuel demand that the IMO’s proposed Net-Zero Framework (NZF) could create. However, the actual amount that shipping can utilize could be lower due to factors such as the need for mass balancing, the growth of methane-capable fleet and bunkering infrastructure, and competition with other sectors for the same supply.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}