South American ferry operator Buquebús is in talks with Australian catamaran builder Incat Tasmania on the possibility of replacing the LNG powerplant with a battery-electric solution on its newbuilding ferry under construction at the yard. Having an overall length of 130 metres, a width of 32 metre
Almost nine in ten major ports globally are exposed to damaging climate hazards, according to new research from the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI). Being located in hazard-prone areas along the coast and close to rivers, which are exposed to storms and floods, ports will
The US, Canada, and Mexico have ‘committed to combatting the climate crisis’ by working together on the development of a clean hydrogen market in North America. At the conclusion of the North American Leaders’ Summit, the countries agreed to work together in six areas, including methane emissions re
It is just the second week of the new year ahead of us, however, European authorities and industry are not wasting any time on acting upon carbon reduction efforts. This week saw the European Union launch a number of initiatives, making us wonder whether 2023 will be the year of big changes.
A London court has ruled that the UK government’s funding of up to $1.15 billion of financing for the Mozambique LNG project led by French energy major TotalEnergies is lawful. According to reports by Reuters, the decision by London’s Court of Appeal was made on Friday, 13 January, dismissing an app
The European Commission has given its approval for a €1.1 billion scheme to support the roll-out of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in Denmark. The aid will be awarded through a competitive tendering procedure open to companies active in any industrial sector, including the waste and e
Shell lists five trends in its energy outlook for 2023 observed through the prism of energy security, economics and transition to low-carbon.
The Scottish government has released a draft energy strategy, which aims to shape the country’s next 25 years of energy production.
The Biden-Harris Administration has released the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, an interagency framework of strategies and actions to remove all emissions from the transportation sector by 2050. The document builds upon the memorandum of understanding Departments of Ener
UK’s cleantech company Silverstream Technologies has signed a deal with China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) to install its air lubrication technology on four 175,000cbm LNG carriers being built at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC). The agreement includes four firm installations of the
Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (DUH), a non-profit environmental and consumer protection association, has filed an objection to the operating license and water law permit of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Höegh Esperanza in Wilhelmshaven. The floating LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven wa
Startup climate-tech company Seabound has teamed up with Crestchic Loadbanks, a specialist in the provision of load bank testing equipment, to test Seabound’s carbon capture prototype. London-based Seabound has developed a unique carbon capture device that traps and stores CO2 from fuel exhaust with
Solstad Offshore’s platform supply vessel (PSV) Normand Leader has saved 29 per cent of emissions and fuel consumption compared to a normal transit and only minor vessel speed alternations. Solstad said it had worked with partner VPS Decarbonization over the last weeks to use data analytics to save
Should the U.S. scale up investments in oil and gas along with the deployment of renewables and clean energy technologies?
