
U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has awarded funding to seven projects supporting marine energy testing infrastructure upgrades across five national research laboratories.

The U.S. state of Texas has an offshore wind potential in the Gulf of Mexico that could provide the state with 166 per cent of its electricity needs, according to the recently published Offshore Wind for America report, which found that offshore wind could meet 90 per cent of the U.S. projected 2050

German container shipping major Hapag-Lloyd AG revealed plans to issue a sustainability-linked corporate senior note in the amount of EUR 300 million (about $357 million).

A new project, dubbed VATTS, has been launched with the aim to demonstrate vertical axis tidal turbines coupled with battery storage technology in a demonstration planned for Strangford Lough later this year.

Sumitomo Australia, a subsidiary of Japan’s Sumitomo, agreed with the authorities of Gladstone, Australia, to develop an H2 ecosystem.

Canadian shipping company Canada Steam Ship Lines (CSL) will be testing second generation biodiesel on half of its fleet over the course of the 2021 navigation season — a first for the Great Lakes shipping industry.

Oilfield services major Baker Hughes and carbontech startup Horisont Energi have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the Polaris carbon storage project in the Barents Sea, off the northern coast of Norway.

Scottish Enterprise has announced the first in a series of upcoming grant funding calls designed to help support economic recovery and stimulate the creation of new green jobs in Scotland.

Cyprus-based offshore vessel operator S.D Standard Drilling has secured a 1 per cent ownership in offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation.

The multi-purpose Powerpier solution, designed to offer protection from waves while exploiting them to produce clean power, has been installed offshore the Norwegian town of Ålesund.

Systems integration specialist Høglund has signed two more contracts with Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co Ltd and Babcock LGE to supply integrated automation and control systems (IACS) and gas handling for two Tianjin Southwest Maritime-owned very large ethane carrier (VLEC) newbuilds.

President and chief executive officer (CEO) of offshore mooring systems provider SOFEC has decided to retire from the company after 29 years of service.

Scottish tidal energy company Nova Innovation has created the first ever electric vehicle (EV) charge point in Shetland where drivers can ‘fill up’ directly from a tidal power source.

The UK government launched today a £20 million (about $27.7 million) competition to make innovative green maritime ideas a reality.