China’s oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) has rolled out the country’s first locally-made subsea Xmas tree. CNOOC reported that the first China-produced subsea Xmas tree was officially put into use on February 6. The subsea tree is 3.5 meters long, 3.2 meters wide, and 3 me
Maritime equipment manufacturer Straatman has secured a contract to supply a ship-to-shore link system for Petronas’ third floating LNG project, or ZFLNG, offshore Sabah in Malaysia. As part of its partnership with Samsung Heavy Industries, an EPCC contractor in the project, Straatman will supply it
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, has been contracted to deliver the fuel supply system for two new gas carriers that will operate with ammonia fuel.
Ciel & Terre has completed the anchoring and is assembling the floating system for the Saint Savin floating solar project in Isère, France. The Saint Savin is an 11 MWp floating solar project being developed by Énerg’isère and EGREGA on a gravel pit. Currently, the team is progressing with the proj
The Swedish Energy Agency has awarded Minesto with 2.8M SEK (approximately $267,000) to support the development and testing of a mooring system for ocean energy deployment. The grant co-funds a project through which Minesto will advance the performance of the next-generation tether system that moors
Dutch energy storage systems provider EST-Floattech has announced the delivery and commissioning of the Octopus Series battery system on the SFK Ferry Laboe.
Spanish materials technology company Matteco has partnered with Siemens Energy and Horiba, as well as the Institute of Molecular Sciences (ICMol) of the University of Valencia, and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg for Renewable Energies (HI ERN) to develop a sustainable, efficient, and sca
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two marine energy projects to receive $6 million for the development of a tidal energy research, development, and demonstration pilot site. A team led by Orcas Power and Light Cooperative (OPALCO), based in Eastsound, Washington, and a team led by ORP
U.S.-based developer of subsea autonomous robotic systems and software Nauticus Robotics has secured over $12 million in funding, part of a second tranche of investment, to execute 2024 goals, including augmented autonomy for subsea robots. Nauticus Robotics secured the first tranche of financing be
The new Dual Fuel, Electric+ (DFE+) solution developed by Swiss technology company ABB and German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions is a more energy-efficient alternative to current conventional designs for liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, classification society DNV found in a study.
Babcock’s LGE business has won contracts to provide its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and ammonia cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems to Chinese shipyards.
UK-headquartered Quadrise has signed a collaboration agreement with renewable biofuels supplier Cargill NV and MAC2 Solutions, part of Group Machiels, concerning the production of MSAR and bioMSAR fuels for its forthcoming marine vessel trials. Upon completion of trials, Quadrise aims to commence co
Japanese companies Toyota and Chiyoda have teamed up to jointly develop a large-scale electrolysis system with an aim of achieving the government targets for the introduction of electrolysis equipment both in Japan and overseas as part of the Basic Strategy on Hydrogen. To this end, the two companie
Energy major Shell has joined the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) collaborative project which is powering subsea equipment off the coast of Orkney, Scotland, through a combination of wave power and subsea energy storage. The £2 million demonstrator initiative, nearing 12 months in the water, has c
