
Representatives of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) have embarked on a mission to South Korea, during which they will visit the Sihwa Tidal Power Plant near Seoul, the world’s largest tidal power plant in the world.

The sustainable ship of the future will be made of data just as much as of steel, Mikko Kousa, CEO of Finnish maritime software company NAPA, said in an interview with Offshore Energy.

Several European renewable energy associations have united to call for changes to the EU’s Innovation Fund as its award criteria ‘puts renewable energy projects at a structural disadvantage’.

China plans to ramp up the building of fully electric battery-powered ships to operate on the country’s extensive inland waterways network following the successful maiden voyage of the Chang Jiang San Xia 1, a battery-powered cruise ship, China Classification Society (CCS) said.

The world’s first rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades, which researchers say can speed up development of marine energy technologies while helping to reduce costs, has opened for business in Scotland.

Africa is conservatively forecast to reach peak gas production at 470 Bcm by the late 2030s, according to Rystad Energy research.

Scottish company Nova Innovation has welcomed Nova Scotia’s premier Tim Houston at its facilities to showcase the first turbine to be deployed in the waters of Petit Passage in July 2022.

UK-based marine energy company Sustainable Marine has harnessed the enormous tidal currents in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, delivering the first floating in-stream tidal power to Nova Scotia’s grid.

DNV, an independent energy expert and assurance provider, has introduced two joint industry projects aiming to create comprehensive standardization guides for the floating solar industry.

Germany has taken another important step to reduce independence from Russian energy imports by deciding to draft a law to accelerate the use of LNG.

Swedish company Novige has been selected by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) to receive a multi-million euro grant to build its full-scale wave energy device.

The Port of Rotterdam says it can, with companies, supply Northwestern Europe with 4.6 million tonnes of hydrogen annually by 2030. The consumption of 4.6 million tonnes of hydrogen allows for 46 million tonnes of CO2 reduction. It also increases Europe’s energy independence. This hydrogen amount is

Global energy consultancy Xodus has been commissioned to undertake a feasibility study that will look into developing a two-stage Integrated Ocean Energy Marketplace in Western Australia.

Rystad Energy foresees the LNG crisis making landfall in winter 2022 for European countries dealing with energy insecurity due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.