UK-based company Global OTEC has held meetings with national and regional blue economy stakeholders in Suva, Fiji, to discuss the development of a potential ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) pilot project. Global OTEC conducted the initiative in Fiji backed by the United Nations Industrial Deve
A Kuala Lumpur-headquartered company has delivered a subsea pipeline inspection using lightweight autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas. NJ Petroniaga announced it had delivered the “innovative” subsea pipeline inspection for Petronas Gas Berhad from
Kongsberg Discovery has commenced an extensive program of sea trials for its new long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Hugin Endurance. Measuring approximately 11 meters in length, with a diameter of 1.2 meters and weighing around 8,000 kg, Hugin Endurance is said to be the largest member o
The Effective Lifetime Extension in the Marine Environment for Tidal Energy (ELEMENT) project has created an intelligent control system within a tidal energy turbine that could potentially reduce costs by over 17.7%. The ELEMENT project of eleven partners, including tidal energy developers Nova Inno
In the maritime sector, the quest for cleaner, more efficient practices has given rise to the electrification of ports and container handling equipment. Why, you might ask? The answer is clear, for electrification offers a trifecta of advantages that places it at the forefront of a green revolution:
The design engineers from the University of Edinburgh, together with Tocardo Turbines, have manufactured a new tidal turbine blade which could lead to the reduction of the levelized cost of tidal energy. The blade was manufactured in Scotland for the first time and more cheaply than before, with the
Singapore-based provider of marine electric propulsion and energy management solutions Sea Forrest (SF) has obtained type approval from Bureau Veritas (BV) for its SEAGEN 11 marine propulsion battery module system. SEAGEN 11 is the first marinized lithium-ion battery system for marine propulsion to
Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime and BMA Technology have formed a strategic collaboration alliance to support the supply of low-voltage electrical products and engineering services to Turkish shipyards.
U.S.-based marine energy technology developer ORPC has signed a contract with Shell Technology – Marine Renewable Program for the purchase of two next-generation Modular RivGen devices that will be deployed as a technology demonstration at a Shell facility on the Lower Mississippi River in 2024. The
Scotland-based renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power, together with its project partners, has been selected by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Programme to deliver a multi-turbine tidal energy project EURO-TIDES. EURO-TIDES is the EUROpean Tidal energy pilot farm focused on Industri
AFC Energy, a UK-based provider of hydrogen power generation technologies, has achieved another milestone in the accelerated development of its modular, scalable ammonia cracker technology. The company informed that the technology achieved 99.99% hydrogen from single reactor testing, with the result
CorPower Ocean has signed an agreement with steel company SSAB to explore the development of one of the world’s first wave energy power plants using fossil-free steel. Under the agreement, SSAB will deliver the fossil-free steel to CorPower Ocean to be used as a structural material to build a wave e
Canadian software solution provider SSI has been contracted to supply its ShipConstructor design and modeling solution to a battery-electric RoPax catamaran ferry owned by Buquebus of Uruguay.
In an interview with Offshore Energy, the co-founder and managing director of Mocean Energy, one of the leading wave energy companies in the world, Cameron McNatt talked about the development of innovative wave energy technology and projects, while successfully navigating through all the challenges
