A floating LiDAR device has been deployed at the Ichnusa Wind Power Project site some 35 kilometres off the coast of Sardinia to monitor wind and wave conditions. The floating LiDAR campaign, the first of its kind for an offshore wind project in Sardinia, is being managed by Akrocean. Monitoring wil
Two 220 kV high-voltage alternate current (HVAC) three-pole submarine cables have been installed for Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project. Prysmian Group, the supplier of the submarine cables, said that the operations proceed on time with the schedule and that their cab
The lifetime fuel costs of meeting key European decarbonisation targets for shipping through the LNG pathway are expected to be roughly half that of the methanol or ammonia pathways, according to the findings of a new analysis from the SEA-LNG coalition. The multi-sector coalition promotes the comme
French designer and shipowner VELA has unveiled the design of its first-of-its-kind trimaran cargo ship that will allow the company to transport goods across the Atlantic Ocean using 100% wind power.
A wildlife monitoring buoy has been deployed in the sea off the coast of Holyhead, marking a significant milestone for tidal energy in Wales, as the data gathered will inform future turbine installations at the Morlais tidal energy site as well as similar projects worldwide.
Human rights and environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are urging UNDP to ensure the clean and safe recycling of the decaying floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel Safer, moored offshore Yemen, that is threatening to cause a massive oil spill. In a letter addressed to UNDP, the
Texas-based energy company NextDecade has signed framework agreements with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), an independent infrastructure fund manager, and TotalEnergies, a French energy major, to enable the final investment decision (FID) for the Rio Grande LNG Phase 1 and to provide momentum
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has secured a contract to extend the capacity of the regasification system installed onboard the LNG Croatia, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) owned by Zagreb-based LNG Croatia. Under the contract, Wärtsilä will extend the capacity of the 280-metre-
The Port of Brisbane, Australia’s largest and most diverse capital city port, has agreed to terms on a $500 million sustainability-linked loan.
Australia’s energy giant Woodside Energy has awarded TechnipFMC with a contract to deliver flexible pipes and umbilicals for a project offshore Western Australia. Under the contract deemed as “significant”, TechnipFMC is in charge of the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of fl
Equinor has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Transocean’s rigs on a block located in the Norwegian Sea.
BW Energy has brought on stream the second well in its drilling campaign offshore Gabon while the drilling ops on the third well are ongoing.
Shell has decided to step up its decarbonisation efforts by boosting its low-carbon energy solutions business with investments of $10-15 bln.
Classification society DNV has verified the safety of all aspects of Project Greensand’s CO2 storage in the North Sea. Project Greensand includes capturing CO2 at an INEOS Oxide site in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, which is transported cross-border and stored in the Nini field in the Danish North Sea. The
