Equinor spent two days in court two weeks ago, tackling the court scrutiny over the development of its controversial Bay du Nord oil project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, as Ecojustice set out to overturn the government’s approval for this $12-billion project. The outcome of this chall
The Board of Supervisors of Humboldt County, California, has approved several motions related to the upcoming development of floating wind farms off the county’s coast, including executing a grant agreement with the State to support developing a local skilled workforce and supply chain.
As part of the UK’s 2023 Spring Budget, £20 billion (nearly $24.2 billion) funding has been unveiled to scale up carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. The energy industry sees this funding as a way to speed up decarbonisation across the UK and step up the shift towards renewables.
Hutchison Ports, a global port operator, has revealed $700 million investments in two major projects in Egypt – Ain Sokhna Port and B100, a new container terminal in the Port of Alexandria. This investment brings Hutchison Ports’ total investment in Egypt to over $1.5 billion. The company aims to ex
The UK government has confirmed the £205 million budget for renewable energy projects in the fifth round of contracts for difference (CfD) auction, which features plans to cut the tidal stream ring-fence from £20 million to £10 million.
Strikes against the French government’s planned pension reform entered a second week on Wednesday, disrupting maintenance at nuclear reactors, hitting liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices, and blocking some shipments from refineries and depots, Reuters news agency reported. According to Reuters, at le
Norway’s Statnett has decided to reduce the maximum capacity on the 1,400 MW North Sea Link interconnector between Norway and the UK in order to make a balance for import and export. Capacity will be set to a maximum of 1,100 MW in both directions, from the installed capacity of 1,400 MW, and will b
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has rejected the license application for the construction and operation of a 1.4 GW overseas interconnector between Norway and the UK. The ministry reported on 16 March that after an overall assessment, it had come to the conclusion that there is no bas
The Biden-Harris Administration, through the US Department of Energy (DOE), has announced the availability of $750 million for research, development, and demonstration efforts to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen. The funding launches the first tranche of implementation of two provisions of Presiden
Ocean Energy Systems (OES), a technology collaboration program within the International Energy Agency (IEA), has provided an overview of key achievements and progress made in the ocean energy sector in its new annual report for 2022.
Netherlands-based Elegant Exit Company (EEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Spain’s Astander Shipyard to collaborate on ship recycling initiatives. Located at the southern end of the Port of Santander, Northern coast of Spain, Astander is a shipyard with 130 years of expertise i
The governments of California and Japan have formalized a partnership aimed at working together to cut pollution at seaports and establish green shipping corridors. The two sides signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) on port decarbonization and green shipping corridors on Wednesday in Tokyo as part of a w
Wood Mackenzie believes permitting reform could be part of the solution to the strains created by rapid growth in renewables.
Exhaust gas cleaning systems, also known as scrubbers, were installed on 399 ships in 2022, marking a fall of 24% y/y, data from BIMCO shows. The systems are being installed on ships to comply with the IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap as a way of cleaning out sulphur emissions while continuing to burn less expe
