Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has been awarded a contract to develop Japan’s first offshore floating solar power generation and automated sailing boat technology demonstrator together with local partners.
Gas price caps would decrease the incentive for exploration in Australia and risk security of long-term supply, says report.
Countries seem to be prepared to phase out shipping’s emissions by 2050, based on the first rounds of technical talks at the UN’s maritime regulator International Maritime Organization (IMO). Furthermore, support appears to be building for the IMO to also adopt an ambitious 2030 interim target for c
Congressmen Paul Tonko and Jared Huffman of the State of New York have introduced a bill that will support research and deployment of floating solar technology with the aim of producing renewable energy and protecting vital water resources.
While pondering whether gas is the green choice to bolster decarbonisation, Wood Mackenzie has been reviewing Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
Danish Shipping, Methanol Institute, and World Shipping Council are calling for increased ambition in the FuelEU, maximising GHG intensity reduction from 2035 to 2050 and supporting early use of green e-fuels. The FuelEU Maritime proposal requires ships to reduce the GHG intensity of their fuels by
Another surge of scrubber retrofit orders seems to be on the cards as owners seek to reap fruits from the VLSFO- HSFO (Hi-5) spread. The lead-up to IMO 2020 saw a peak interest in scrubber investments as shipowners lined up to get vessels retrofitted or built with scrubbers in shipyards. However, ov
Eco Wave Power has entered into an agreement with OREN Ordu Enerji for the potential construction of an up to 77MW wave energy installation in Ordu in Türkiye.
The launch of operations at the floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Lubmin, Germany, has been delayed for several weeks, according to reports by Der Spiegel news magazine. Germany’s first private LNG terminal was scheduled to begin operations at the beginning of December. The first floa
The maritime industry must take immediate collective action on an unprecedented scale to bring the decarbonization of the industry closer to the Paris 1.5°C trajectory, according to Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping. International and domestic shipping uses approximately 12.6 EJ
Unions representing seafarers and maritime employers have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to take forward the ‘spirit of cooperation’ that marked the shipping industry’s joint efforts throughout the pandemic. The MOU’s signatories are the International Transport Workers’ Federation (I
UK’s Unite the union has confirmed that hundreds of offshore workers have decided to down their tools and take industrial action.
IMO’s new Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) regulations will not help the environment and may actually lead to higher rather than lower emissions, German dry bulk carrier owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers said. The company released a study that delves into the rating scheme pointing to examples
Environmental group Friends of the Earth has filed a legal challenge against the UK’s government decision to approve $1.15 billion of financing for the Mozambique LNG project led by French energy major TotalEnergies. The move comes after the judicial review, brought by Friends of the Earth, ended up
