As the shipping industry is seeing increased interest in methanol as a marine fuel, a new report from Lloyd’s Register (LR) has found pricing, availability and carbon accounting to be the main obstacles to its widespread adoption. The report called “Fuel for Thought: Methanol” has identifed that the
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar and Japan’s Inpex Corporation have signed a collaboration agreement to conduct a joint study aimed at realizing the production of synthetic methane (e-methane) using green hydrogen and CO2. The execution of the agreement was announced during the Japan-UA
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has provided more than $3.5 million for 18 hydropower and marine energy projects as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.
The first in a series of specialist survey vessels have set sail from Swansea, marking an important step in the plans for the development of floating wind off the coast of Wales and South West England. Operated by Fugro with a crew of 30, the vessel will spend around 100 days at sea, using towed [&h
Poland’s natural gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM has formally launched a new open season procedure aimed to increase the regasification capacity of the Gdańsk floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) terminal 2. According to GAZ-SYSTEM, the FSRU 2 terminal project assumes locating a s
Fugro’s survey vessel Fugro Brasilis has arrived at the Port of Willemstad in Curaçao ahead of offshore surveys the company will perform as the Curaçao government is working on identifying areas for floating wind development. The work, scheduled to start today (17 July) and take place until 29 July,
The energy transition towards low-carbon and green energy sources is gaining momentum worldwide, driven by rising climate and energy security concerns. That being said, the thorny road toward decarbonization always seems to be stuck between the need to ‘act now’ and find the ‘silver bullet’. The sen
The European Commission has supported two major ocean energy projects – led by Floating Power Plant and Simply Blue Group’s Saoirse Wave Energy – which will take a share of €3.6 billion of investment provided to 41 large-scale clean tech projects through the EU Innovation Fund.
Multiple European hydrogen projects have been selected by the European Commission (EC) to be financed through the EU Innovation Fund. Specifically, the EC awarded over €3.6 billion to 41 large-scale clean tech projects, many of them being hydrogen-related. According to EC, the funding will contribut
The article is written by FICEP Group. Wind energy is certainly one of the key drivers for reducing CO2 emissions by 2050. To move towards this horizon, many nations are investing significant capital in the construction of onshore and offshore wind farms: the developers of these farms rely on compan
The Crown Estate and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) have released a report which aims to help stakeholders involved in offshore wind developments better assess the impacts of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from subsea power cables on the marine environment. Acc
The 80th session of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) has initiated the review of the short-term measures, ie the Carbon Intensity Indicators (CII), Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP), by approving the plan for such a
U.S.-based energy company NextDecade has made a positive final investment decision (FID) to construct the first three liquefaction trains (Phase 1) at the company’s 27 million tons per annum (MTPA) Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) export facility in Brownsville, Texas. Specifically, the company executed and c
Japan’s energy company Inpex Corporation has announced the beginning of construction of surface plant facilities of the Kashiwazaki clean hydrogen/ammonia project to be implemented at its Higashi-Kashiwazaki gas field in the Hirai district of Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. According to
