Decarbonizing the Russian Maritime Transport Sector

• Country: Russia
• Summary: Decarbonizing the Russian Maritime Transport Sector
• RUT Ref No: 61476449
• Deadline: 17 Jan 2022
• Financier: World Bank (WB)
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
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• Expression of Interest are invited for Russian Federation: Decarbonizing the Russian Maritime Transport Sector The World Bank wants to develop analytical work on the of the challenges and opportunities to decarbonize the maritime transport sector in Russia. This assessment is being prepared within the on-going Climate Change and Development Report (CCDR) that the World Bank is preparing for Russia. The objective of the assignment is to provide the World Bank with an evidence base, and with globally-informed analytical and policy inputs, to inform pathways that would enable the decarbonization of the port maritime sectors, but also find synergies between alternatives fuels that will be needed to indeed decarbonize the sector and Russia's assets and potential to produce clean fuels, in particular linked to green hydrogen production opportunities. With this overall objective, the assignment will build on the World Bank reports Charting a Course for Decarbonizing Maritime Transport (2021). Comprising a series of reports, this research makes the case that strategic policy interventions are needed to hasten the sectors energy transition and seize opportunities for wider economic, energy, and industrial development in developing countries. While not going deep on Russias specific case, these reports emphasized the potential Russia possesses to contribute to decarbonizing the sector by becoming a producer of low- or zero-carbon bunker fuels. In particular, Russia was identified as having very high potential for the production of blue hydrogen and ammonia from natural gas with carbon capture and storage. This assignment aims at deepening the analysis for Russia and proposing actionable measures to enable a decarbonization pathway for the maritime sector in Russia. The typology of tasks to be performed under this assignment include: (i) primary and secondary data collection and analysis regarding the port and maritime industry in Russia: stakeholders, traffic and throughput, fleet characteristics, ports characteristics, sector greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions; (ii) recap an analysis regarding port and maritime transport regulations in particular as to emissions standards, implementation and their enforcement; (iii) estimate investment needs in the Russian maritime fleet and ports, and federal/subnational programs to promote such investment, in particular aiming at better fuel efficiency and production of low- and zero-carbon fuels with specific analysis of the potential for blue and/or green hydrogen and ammonia production; (iv) survey national and industry initiatives and programs, including applied research programs to promote alternative fuels development; (v) based on the general findings on the Charting a Course for Decarbonizing Maritime Transport reports and the analysis above, propose and prioritize possible levers (policy, regulation and investment measures) that could be implemented at national level to decarbonize the sector; (vi) quantify, for given time horizon the order of magnitude of alternative fuels required for the shipping industry, the GHG emission saved (compared to a business as usual scenario), and investment costs implied; and (vii) prepare a report to present the assignment conclusion. The services are expected to kick-off on February 15, 2022 and close on June 15, 2022. Consultant selection and contracting is subject to confirmation of availability of funding.
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