The Greenlink interconnector linking the electricity grids of Ireland and Great Britain has officially entered commercial operation, following more than three years of construction. The start of commercial operations took place on January 29 and was announced by James O’Reilly, Chief Executive Offic
The government of Denmark has introduced new initiatives to support the country’s emerging hydrogen market with billion-scale (DKK) funding and committed to establishing a Danish-German hydrogen pipeline by 2030. The government announced the new initiatives for hydrogen as well as offshore wind mark
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted a drilling permit to Norwegian oil & gas player Vår Energi for another wildcat well in the North Sea. The permit is for wellbore 7/1-4 S in production license 1090, in which Vår Energi holds a 50% operating stake, with partners Petoro and Aker BP
To help decarbonize the European Union (EU) industry, the European Commission will allocate over €250 million in grants from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to 21 hydrogen infrastructure development studies.
Since around 1,500 wells will be due for decommissioning in the UKCS between 2026 and 2030, the UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) said that this represents an opportunity for operators to test and adopt new well plugging and abandonment (P&A) technologies to cut costs and improve ef
A high greenhouse gas (GHG) price coupled with targeted subsidies for e-fuels have shown to be “essential” for mending the competitiveness gap between zero-emission fuels such as green ammonia and other early compliance options like liquefied natural gas (LNG), biofuels and carbon capture and storag
The first public engagement for the Mersey tidal power project saw that 84% of the respondents from the Liverpool City Region support the project. The project, set to harness tidal energy from the River Mersey, aims to expand the UK’s renewable energy capacity. A non-statutory consultation, conducte
The World Shipping Council (WSC), the voice of the liner shipping industry, has called on the European Commission (EC) to recognize that liner shipping is investing in Europe and urged it to support the sector on its path to decarbonize supply chains, fostering open trade and protecting critical sea
The US-based environmental organization Pacific Environment has released a new report that lays out the case for why the International Maritime Organization (IMO) should immediately ban scrubber discharge into the marine environment.
Swedish e-fuel plant developer Liquid Wind has received an environmental permit from the Land and Environmental Court in Umeå for its third large-scale e-fuel production facility in Sweden, FlagshipTHREE.
The Danish Energy Agency has initiated a public consultation process for the environmental impact report related to the Greensand Future CO2 storage project in the North Sea. The report, prepared by Rambøll on behalf of INEOS E&P, supports the application for Denmark’s first CO2 storage initiative u
The U.S. maritime infrastructure company Seapath and its joint venture (JV) partner Pilot LNG have obtained environmental permits for the first dedicated LNG bunkering facility in the U.S. Gulf Coast – the Galveston LNG Bunker Port (GLBP).
The Danish Energy Agency has granted permission to Nord Stream 2 AG to preserve the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea that suffered damage in September 2022 following an explosion. The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines run from Vyborg, Russia, to Lubmin near Greifswald, Germany, and c
Yanmar Power Technology, part of Japan’s industrial diesel engine and machinery manufacturer Yanmar Holdings, has received approval from the government for its hydrogen-fueled engines and hydrogen fuel cell systems production plan.
