A coalition of e-fuels producers has urged the International Maritime Organization to adopt its proposed Net Zero Framework (NZF) at this week’s Extraordinary MEPC session and to include a temporary accounting “multiplier” to spur investment in green hydrogen-based marine fuels.
In a letter to IMO delegates, the signatories warned the current draft “does not provide sufficiently strong investment signals for e-fuels” and risks “incentivising pay-to-pollute strategies” while favouring transitional fuels such as LNG and first-generation biofuels.
The producers said the NZF represents a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to accelerate shipping’s energy transition and called for a self-activating, non-monetary multiplier that would allow each unit of certified e-fuel to count multiple times—at least twice—towards GHG Fuel Intensity compliance.
The group also urged the IMO to differentiate between fuels and technologies in its reward mechanism, saying stronger policy signals are needed to unlock large-scale green hydrogen investments.
