A consortium made up of French, Belgian and Luxembourgian companies, led by renewable energy developer Q Energy, has started with the construction of a 74.3MWp floating solar plant in the northeastern France – said to be the largest such power plant in Europe.
The California State Senate has passed a ‘historic’ wave and tidal energy bill that directs the California Energy Commission to evaluate the feasibility, costs, and benefits of using wave and tidal energy across the Golden-State’s 840-mile coastline.
German shipping major Hapag-Lloyd has decided to transform connectivity at sea with the rollout of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet technology across its fleet.
The Spanish government has awarded €1.2 million to Carnegie Clean Energy’s AGUAMARINA project to enhance and extend the deployment of its CETO wave energy device at Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) in the Basque Country.
Multinational technology company ABB has secured an order to deliver a complete power, propulsion, and automation system for two hydrogen-fueled short-sea container ships being built for Dutch logistics company Samskip. While financial details were not disclosed, ABB said the order was booked in the
Fifteen years after its establishment, the Finnish company Wello has declared bankruptcy and ceased operations following the failure of two of its full-scale Penguin wave energy devices in real sea conditions, the last of which occurred offshore Spain in late 2021.
Lomar’s corporate venture lab lomarlab has partnered with Silicon Valley tech start-up Blue Dot Change to develop a solution that will work on the reduction of methane emissions.
Marine survey contractor Argeo has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Kongsberg for a purchase agreement for three additional Hugin autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). With the purchase, Argeo said it will have the world’s most advanced AUV fleet. Argeo plans to purchase two Hugin Superior AUVs
South Korean companies Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Pan Ocean have teamed up to demonstrate a digital twin-based ship management platform on one of Pan Ocean’s LNG carriers. To this end, SHI and Pan Ocean signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of comprehensive digital s
UK-headquartered SEA-KIT International has launched a proprietary vessel control system (VCS) with the goal of enhancing the capability of its uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). As part of the development, new autopilot and drive modules have been built into SEA-KIT’s existing, purpose-built remote he
Over the course of the past year, the maritime industry has witnessed a remarkable surge in projects centered around ammonia as a sustainable ship fuel. Ammonia-powered ship types, fueled by zero-emission ambitions, have taken center stage at this year’s Gastech in Singapore, capturing the imaginati
META, Wales’s national marine energy test facility, has recently deployed one of its Sofar Spotter wave buoys at Criterion Jetty tidal test site in Pembroke Dock.
A pilot project was launched at Zuidnatie’s terminal in Antwerp in which shore power was connected to the ocean-going vessel UAL Osprey, an ocean going vessel owned by UK-based shipping company Carisbrooke Shipping, by means of a Zenobē battery. This makes Zuidnatie the first terminal in Belgium to
French company EEL Energy is looking to raise up to €2 million in new funding to help advance its tidal energy technology and projects.
