Portugal is the latest country to accede to IMO’s Hong Kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships. The convention covers the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of ships, and preparation for ship recycling to facilitate safe and environmentally sound recyc
The NeuConnect energy link that will connect Germany and the UK for the first time is a “key project” and highlights how closely the two countries are working together to make their economies climate-neutral, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said during the visit of UK’s King Charles III to
The latest oil and gas lease sale for acreage in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico gathered nearly $264 million in high bids.
The California Senate Bill 605 for wave and tidal energy, introduced by senator Steve Padilla of Chula Vista, aims to promote and facilitate the development and growth of marine energy industry in California.
Ocean Energy Europe has welcomed the inclusion of the 5% target for innovative renewable energy technologies as part of the revision of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
The UK Government is considering the viability and merits of the Xlinks Morocco–UK Power Project to understand how it could contribute to the UK’s energy security, the government announced in a recent policy paper. The Morocco-UK Power Project is a multi-technology renewable energy project with appr
The European Union has reached a provisional deal to raise the share of renewables in its final energy consumption to 42.5% by 2030, under the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
Heads of Agreement (HOA) has been inked to move forward with the next phases in the development of Equatorial Guinea’s Gas Mega Hub (GMH).
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has awarded two new exploration licenses for CO2 storage on the Norwegian continental shelf in the North Sea to four companies. The two exploration licenses are located in the southern part of the North Sea. The eastern license is offered to Aker BP and
A chemical tanker Monjasa Reformer was boarded by pirates on Saturday, March 25, some 140 nautical miles West of Port Pointe-Noire, DR Congo. A group of five pirates approached the tanker in a skiff before boarding it, the British-French naval maritime response center Maritime Domain Awareness for T
A new report co-authored by the IIRENA and OEE has provided a roadmap to decision makers on the various financing mechanisms for ocean energy and how they can be scaled up to secure investments for the sector.
The municipal council in Vefsn municipality has approved the detailed zoning plan for Gen2 Energy’s hydrogen facility in Mosjøen, Norway. Gen2 Energy, a Norwegian green hydrogen company, said the zoning plan provides the opportunity to realise a production plant with a capacity of up to 100 MW and i
The object that was found adjacent to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline last week has been salvaged, the Danish Energy Agency has confirmed. The salvage, which was carried out at a water depth of 73 meters, was completed on 28 March. According to the Danish Defense, investigations indicate that the object
The UK Government has selected eight successful bidders in the second phase of the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) cluster sequencing process to proceed to negotiations for support through relevant business models. Following the selection of HyNet and East Coast Cluster as Track-1 CCU
