A collaborative project dubbed OPTILE has been launched in France with the aim of decarbonizing the supply of electricity to island grids using offshore renewable energy.
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), together with its research partners, has developed new marine energy blade designs that use composite materials to reduce costs and increase energy capture by up to 24%.
South Korea’s shipbuilding major Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai, has signed an agreement with Avikus, a compatriot startup specializing in autonomous navigation solutions, to conduct a fuel-saving verification project using autonomous navigation systems. The pr
300 terawatt hours (TWh) of green hydrogen could potentially be produced using electricity from offshore wind farms in the North Sea by 2050, and used not only to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors but also to boost the security of energy supply in Europe, a new study has shown. The “Specification of
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Rotoboost, a Nordic hydrogen production company, for its pre-combustion Carbon Capture System (CCS) Rotobox. Rotobox uses thermocatalytic decomposition process (TCD) onboard marine vessels, where part of the natural gas fuel supply is
Four European companies have teamed up to launch an association to promote the potential and the development of osmotic energy called Osmotic Energy for the European Union (OE4EU).
Norway’s cleantech company TECO 2030 has achieved a prerequisite required to release the NOK 50 million ($4.6 million) grant given to the company by Innovation Norway in October 2021. Innovation Norway, the Norwegian Government’s instrument for supporting innovation and development of Norwegian ente
Oneka Technologies, a developer of wave-powered desalination solutions, has teamed up with Canada’s Ocean Supercluster on a new project whose aim is to scale up the company’s wave energy-driven desalination technology to utility scale.
A group of cross-industry experts, led by Grieg Star, has conducted a study involving the potential retrofitting of an open hatch vessel to run on green ammonia. Initial findings of the study said that elements perceived as challenges turned out not to be barriers or present major risks for moving f
UTEC, a Geo-services brand that is part of Acteon, has launched a cloud-based platform that gives the offshore energy industry a 360° visualization of subsea assets and data. Through iSite Subsea, users can source, view, manage and report on seabed, survey and asset data, as well as interrogate and
Korean shipbuilding giant, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), has unveiled the design of a small modular reactor (SMR)-powered ship, Business Korea reports. This marks the first time a Korean company has revealed such a detailed design concept for an SMR-powered vessel as nuclear powe
Germany-based engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions has obtained Approval in Principle (AiP) from the Italian classification society RINA for its methanol-ready MAN L/V 32/44CR engine. The AiP covers an upgrade concept for the four-stroke engine for conversion to dual-fuel running on methanol, MA
Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro and Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras have completed what they said is the first-ever remote subsea inspection survey off the coast of Brazil. Fugro used a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) deployed from the Fugro Aquarius to conduct the survey. Office-based personn
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects are increasingly gaining more prominence in the race to make the world cleaner and more sustainable, driven by the interest from some of the most important offshore energy players.
