
Swedish-Swiss technology company ABB has been selected by Japan’s IHI Power Systems to deliver complete modularized electric propulsion package for the world’s first hybrid-electric biomass fuel carrier.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has installed the first wave test tank at its Flatirons Campus in Colorado, which can help shepherd marine energy prototypes from abstract concepts to the market.

Responding to the energy crisis instigated by the war in Ukraine, the Government of Spain has outlined a set of regulations for the installation of floating solar power plants on around a hundred state-owned hydropower reservoirs.

Danish company Resen Waves has been bestowed an international award for its wave energy-powered smart buoy and its potential for the integration with other offshore industries.

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted approval in principle to Japanese firms K Line and JGC for a new FLNG hull design.

Norwegian green hydrogen company Gen2 Energy AS has signed a contract with compatriot ship designer and system integrator Sirius Design & Integration AS for the design of two specialized ships for the transport of large quantities of containers with compressed hydrogen.

French start-up HelioRec has received an ‘ocean tribute’ award for its floating solar-powered solution for electric charging, securing a cash prize provided by the Monaco-based Prince Albert II Foundation and Messe Düsseldorf.

Sustainable Marine has delivered Canada’s first ‘grid-compliant’ floating tidal energy system, ushering in a fresh dawn for the nation’s marine renewable energy ambitions.

Norway’s energy storage company Corvus Energy, Turkish ship design and engineering company NAVTEK Naval Technologies and compatriot marine electrical system integrator BMA Technology have decided to strengthen ties in science and technology towards maritime sector decarbonization.

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Seaborg Technologies, a Denmark-based startup focused on nuclear reactor technology, have entered into a partnership to develop floating nuclear power plants.

US DOE has unveiled the winners of $1 million in cash prizes in the final stage of the Waves to Water Prize, whose aim was to develop wave energy-powered desalination solutions.

The video shows initial testing and shakedown of 16kW Waveswing wave energy device that was recently completed, as the developer AWS Ocean Energy proceeds with offshore scientific test program in Scotland.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the fourth annual Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC), established to build the workforce to lead the development of marine energy industry.

Egil Ulvan Rederi, Felleskjøpet AGRI and HeidelbergCement have received NOK 100 million in support from Enova to build the world’s first zero-emission bulk carrier.