U.S. and German governments are supporting two projects that have a mutual goal of developing a low-cost subsea energy storage technology that supports electrical grid decarbonization with funding of $7.7 million. The U.S. Sperra, dedicated to pioneering the next generation of renewable energy solut
Dutch company Royal Vopak has launched marked consultations for the storage of ammonia at its Vopak Energy Park Antwerp site in Belgium. Through market consultations, Vopak aims to gauge market interest and gain detailed insight into customer demand. The consultations opened on October 24 and will r
Japanese companies Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsubishi Corporation have entered into an agreement to jointly study the efficient operation of clean ammonia carriers and transshipment terminals as well as the structuring of a low-carbon ammonia supply chain. In addition to the efficient operation of clean
In a little more than five years, renewable energy targets set for 2030 will come knocking on the door. Whether they will be reached, missed or overshot, depends on multiple factors, most of which concern policymakers and the energy sector itself. At the end of 2023, the EU increased the binding ren
Global commodity trading group Trafigura and oil operator Meroil S.A. have created a joint venture company that includes storage infrastructure for biofuels within the port of Barcelona. Following Trafigura’s acquisition of 50% of the shares in Meroil Tank S.L. from Meroil for an undisclosed sum, Me
Port of Newcastle’s Clean Energy Precinct (CEP) project has reached a development milestone, with the signing of agreements for front-end engineering designs (FEED) and environmental impact statements (EIS).
Consulting and engineering firm Wood has established and is leading a joint industry partnership (JIP) to accelerate carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects through the creation of industry guidelines for CO2 specifications. Wood set up the JIP to collate industry research and the e
MT Group has signed a contract with the Klaipeda State Seaport Authority to build a green hydrogen production and refueling station in the Port of Klaipeda.
ORLEN Upstream Norway, part of Poland’s ORLEN Group and formerly known as PGNiG Upstream Norway (PUN), has decided to withdraw from the Polaris CO2 exploration license, the only CO2 storage located in the Barents Sea, with Horisont Energi now assessing the way forward for the project. The Polaris li
U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil has secured access to over 271,000 acres of offshore CO2 storage in Texas state waters, said to be the largest of its kind in the U.S., through a lease with the Texas General Land Office (GLO). This is said to add significant storage potential to ExxonMobil’s carbon capt
The Danish Energy Agency has launched the tendering procedure for its third fund for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, with DKK 28.7 billion ($4.2 billion) available for interested parties to help Denmark in its path to climate neutrality. The CCS Fund will cover the costs of capture, trans
Glander International Bunkering, a subsidiary of Bunker Holding, and Spanish marine fuel supplier Cepsa have joined forces on the supply of second-generation hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to cruise line vessels in the Mediterranean.
The European Union has committed R628 million (approximately €32 million) in grants to promote the sustainable development of green hydrogen value chains in South Africa.
The consortium partners behind Project Greensand have submitted the final report for the CO2 storage pilot project, paving the way for the development of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Denmark. Project Greensand marked a world first on March 8, 2023, with the first-ever injection of
