SeaVolt project partners, which include Tractebel, DEME, and Jan De Nul, are making final preparations to install its first offshore solar energy test platform in the Belgian North Sea.
South Korean shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) has secured a contract for the construction of two liquified CO2 (LCO2) carriers from Greek shipowner Capital Ship Management.
Flotation Energy has signed a multi-million-dollar deal to start environmental surveys in the Bass Strait region in Australia despite licences for potential offshore wind projects not being awarded until later this year. Flotation Energy signed a USD 22 million contract with RPS to commence its two-
Construction has begun on the €2.8 billion NeuConnect project, the first-ever energy link between the UK and Germany. Since the financial close that was completed in July 2022, a range of site surveys and archaeological activities have been carried out, allowing construction work to now begin in the
The construction of the methanol-ready Mein Schiff 7 cruise ship, being built for TUI Cruises at Finnish shipbuilding company Meyer Turku, has reached a landmark feat with the installation of main engines. The engines are being provided by Finnish technology company Wärtsilä and the ship will have a
A new report says closer dialogue between producers and consumers is required to ensure security of gas supply while curbing emissions.
The California Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy has unanimously approved California Senate Bill 605 – Wave and Tidal Energy (SB 605), which aims to put California on the path to developing a new source of clean, renewable energy.
South Korea’s state-owned natural gas importer and transporter Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) and Japan’s energy major JERA have launched an initiative of the Coalition for LNG Emission Abatement toward Net-Zero (CLEAN). The initiative is taken by LNG buyers, together with LNG producers, to reduce me
Nexans has secured the turnkey contract valued at €1.43 billion for the Cyprus – Greece section of the EuroAsia Interconnector that will connect the grids of Greece, Israel and Cyprus. The 525kV HVDC cable will have a bi-pole length of 2×900 kilometers and will run across the Mediterranean Sea floor
MAN Energy Solutions is about to start developing retrofit solutions for medium-speed marine engines as part of a research association including WTZ Roßlau gGmbh and TU-Darmstadt. The three-year research project, ‘CliNeR-ECo’, is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate
Orkney Islands Council has launched a tender for a contractor who would take ownership and dispose of the wave energy device known as Pelamis P2.
French LNG containment specialist GTT has received an order from its partner, the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, for the tank design of two new LNG carriers (LNGCs). The order was placed in the second quarter of 2023 on behalf of an Asian ship-owner, GTT informed. The containm
UK design and engineering consultancy company Houlder and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (Shell) have agreed to work together to identify, evaluate, and further develop solutions to accelerate the decarbonisation of the maritime industry.
Japanese shipping industry major NYK and its group company, NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd., have completed the dismantling of the heavy-lifter vessel, Kamo, at the PHP Ship Recycling Facility in Bangladesh. The Panama-flagged general cargo ship Kamo was built in 1998. The NYK Group said it was th
