European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has won funding, totalling over £500,000 (around $623,000), for four feasibility projects supporting green hydrogen innovation and development. More specifically, the funding is expected to be used to conduct feasibility studies supporting the development of nove
The world’s largest container shipping company Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) with Lloyd’s Register (LR), Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) and MAN Energy Solutions (MAN-ES) for a design for the ammonia dual-fuel operation
bound4blue, a developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology, and Oceanking, a Greece-based provider of marine technology solutions, have formed a partnership to jointly expand access to the eSAIL technology in Greece and Cyprus. bound4blue’s eSAIL is a wind-assisted propulsion system known as a s
Leaders of 20 Pacific island countries and territories have approved the Global Ocean Energy Alliance (GLOEA), highlighting the implementation of the 1.5MW ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) platform being developed for deployment in São Tomé and Príncipe.
Norwegian company Ocean Sun has started making design improvements to its floating solar units, based on the insights gained through real sea demonstration of the technology linked with offshore wind turbines in China.
Equinor’s Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm in operation, has started delivering electricity to the Snorre oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea. The 88 MW Hywind Tampen delivered first power in November 2022. The electricity was delivered to the Gullfaks A platfo
Wind propulsion specialist Airseas has achieved an important technical milestone in the sea trials of its Seawing system by successfully validating traction flights on Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ vessel Ville de Bordeaux. Airseas said that the company has now demonstrated that the wind propulsion syste
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has launched a new initiative, the IRENA NewGen Renewable Energy Accelerator (NewGen), aimed at supporting young entrepreneurs and innovators in driving the renewable energy transition.
Switzerland-based autonomous underwater robotics company Hydromea has partnered up with Unplugged, a Norwegian firm focused on inductive charging and data transfer technology, to develop a resident underwater drone system for the inspection and monitoring of underwater assets. Under the project, the
In the quest for a future-proof world it is all about chemistry. Matter like carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia, methanol and, last but not least, hydrogen are dominating the headlines when it comes to global warming and sustainable solutions. The industry is puzzling how curb one and developing the o
Scottish engineering consultancy Quoceant has secured an approval in principle from Lloyd’s Register for its quick connection system for marine renewable energy applications.
ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), the shipping and maritime logistics arm of the Abu Dhabi-based oil company ADNOC, has signed an agreement with France’s SeaOwl for the design of unmanned remotely operated vessels (ROVs) capable of transporting vehicles, equipment and supplies to and from offs
Houston-based Nauticus Robotics has secured an additional $2.7 million under its current contract with Leidos to advance the development of the Aquanaut-derived subsea platform. The subsea platform, an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), has advanced artificial intelligence and sensing capabilities a
Sharing infrastructure, services and supply chain between wind and wave energy projects can significantly reduce the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) for both wind and wave energy projects, a new report has found.
