If anyone can assess which low-emission energy projects may be ‘in the money’ under the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework (NZF), it is Boudewijn Pragt from the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, as the Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference will hear.
As the center’s Economics & Transition Finance Manager, Pragt is focused on the economic impact of policies on shipping companies and marine fuel suppliers, and is leader of a project which quantifies an abatement cost curve for alternative fuels to assess alternative fuel supply potential by 2030 under the NZF.
Speaking in the Breaking Barriers: Expanding the Future Fuel Mix Beyond Conventional Pathways session on the opening day of the conference, Pragt will make the case that the abatement cost curve analysis, overlayed with shipping’s willingness to pay under the NZF, identifies which projects are ‘in the money’ – and also whether NZF-induced demand could unlock new supply.
On a broader subject, he also recently co-authored a paper on reward mechanisms for low-emission energy. It summarized the variables and trade-offs policymakers might consider when designing a reward programme, and found that while subsidies can either deliver cheap emission reductions today, or build fuel systems for long run abatement, a single policy can’t do both well.
Boudewijn Pragt clearly has points to make. To benefit from his insights, and the many others on offer at the 2026 Propulsion & Future Fuels Conference in Hamburg, 8-10 December, click here
