The US Department of Energy (DOE) has opened applications for the fifth annual Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC), which aims to prepare the future workforce for the marine energy industry.
Four Dutch shipowners will pioneer the 3rd generation of VentoFoils produced by eConowind, becoming active ambassadors of the solutions. Namely, Boomsma Shipping, Vertom Group, Van Dam Shipping, and Schram Shipping have been the early developers of wind-assisted propulsion and have gained experience
The largest European center for sea trials entirely dedicated to floating wind power and marine renewable energies called the OPEN-C Foundation has been set up in France by major industry players.
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and PT. PLN Nusantara Power, a sub-holding of Indonesia’s state-owned electricity provider PT. PLN (Persero), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to commence three technical studies related to co-firing of less carbon-intensive fuels at power pla
The US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has launched a new competition for developers investigating novel technologies for harnessing and converting the power of ocean waves into usable types of energy.
AFC Energy, a UK-based provider of hydrogen fuel cell technology to generate clean off-grid energy, has started its new ammonia cracker technology platform, an innovative solution that the company said will revolutionise ammonia crackers by enabling them to produce green hydrogen at scale. According
The governments of the UK and France have signed a new agreement committing to greater cooperation on energy resilience and low-carbon technologies, which could potentially support a rise in electricity interconnection by two thirds. The Statement of Cooperation on Energy was signed on 10 March by t
French industrial gases supplier Air Liquide has revealed plans to build an industrial-scale ammonia cracking pilot plant in the port of Antwerp, Belgium. The company announced the construction of the plant on 23 March, stating that it will use innovative technology to enable the conversion of ammon
Norway’s cleantech company TECO 2030 has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an undisclosed party for cooperation on several fuel cell projects which in total could represent 50 MW of fuel cell output. The MoU outlines a 3-year cooperation commitment to successfully execute the project o
Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and compatriot electric utility Electric Power Development (J-POWER) have decided to install the Seawing, an automated kite system using wind power, on a coal carrier. The vessel in question is Corona Citrus, an 88,000 DWT-type special coal carr
Singapore-headquartered oil and gas production company Jadestone Energy has restarted production from an FPSO operating at a field in the Timor Sea offshore Australia. Following what the company describes as a “carefully planned restart program”, production recommenced from the Montara Venture FPSO
A new consortium comprising UK-based mining company Anglo American, Tata Steel, CMB, VUKA Marine, Freeport Saldanha, and ENGIE plans to explore the options for developing a maritime green corridor for the zero-emission shipping of iron ore between South Africa and Europe. The initiative has been des
France’s TotalEnergies has decided to step up its investments in low-carbon energies to $5 billion in 2023.
Canada’s British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO) has issued a readiness decision to Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG), a project proposed by the Nisga’a Nation, Rockies LNG and Western LNG. With the readiness decision, the project is progressing into the next stage of it
