Lhyfe and Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port have reached a partnership agreement to identify, understand, and assess the conditions for the establishment of a supply chain associated with offshore hydrogen production in France. This collaboration is intended to identify port areas and facilities capable of
Swedish company Ocean Harvesting Technologies has secured grant funding from the Swedish Energy Agency to perform sea trials of its InfinityWEC wave energy device.
Malaysian oil and gas major Petronas and the Dutch tank storage company Vopak have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop the value chain for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the Southeast Asia region. Under the MoU, the companies will jointly study the development of the CCS value
Under the recently opened €3 billion call for innovative next-generation low-carbon technologies as part of EU’s Innovation Fund, ocean energy technologies and projects have been specifically listed as eligible to apply for a share of €1 billion under two call topics.
Equinox is preparing to harvest stable renewable energy Standing on the shoulders of giants, start-up Equinox is developing turbines that are laid out to generate electricity from steady flowing ocean current. Supported by Damen Shipyards, working from the Damen headquarters in Gorinchem, innovators
A prototype ship named ZEUS (Zero Emission Ultimate Ship) with hybrid propulsion has been classed by the Italian classification society RINA, becoming its first ship capable of running on hydrogen. The vessel was developed as part of the research project named Technologies with Low Environmental Imp
Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck and its consortium partners have received a €7.8 million project subsidy from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) to develop, test and validate the Merganser floating solar energy platform in harsh North Sea weather conditions.
Irish energy provider Energia Renewables has finished seabed surveys for the North Celtic Sea offshore wind project, located off the coast of Waterford, Ireland. Following the award of a Foreshore Licence in September 2021, the geophysical and geotechnical surveys started in April 2022 and were comp
The potential of vibration monitoring on winch systems The current As a result of the current surge in sustainability developments in the maritime sector, a major shift is taking place in winch technology. After having dominated the playing field for decades, hydraulic winches are losing ground to e
Singapore has revealed its plans to invest SGD 129 million (nearly $94 million) in low-carbon energy research (LCER) in 2022 to help import, handle and utilise hydrogen safely and at scale. The announcement was made by Low Yen Ling, Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth & Minis
Fugro has signed a contract with Energinet, the Danish transmission system operator, for geotechnical site investigation for the North Sea I offshore wind development. The Danish government plans to expand offshore wind capacity by 4 GW by 2030, and the geo-data acquired by Fugro will be used to inf
Danish shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jordan’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources for cooperation in the field of green marine fuel production. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change C
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and American General Electric Company (GE) have signed a framework agreement to collaborate on a plan which will support both climate change and energy security. The agreement, signed at the COP27 in Egypt, will see IRENA and GE collaborate across severa
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) joint venture Egyptian LNG has awarded a feasibility study contract to the Bechtel-led Coalition for Decarbonization to assess the implementation of a zero-flaring system at its export terminal (ELNG) in Idku, east of Alexandria. The coalition, which includes Bechtel, Enp
