Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has selected five contract partners to help deliver future investment of up to £950 million (about €1.09 billion) in the Scottish subsea electricity network and support the multi-year framework to renew and upgrade subsea electricity lin
Yanmar Power Solutions, a subsidiary of Japan’s industrial diesel engine and machinery manufacturer Yanmar Holdings, is planning to build a new factory for test runs of marine hydrogen engines. The company has acquired land at the Phoenix industrial site in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, where it
The French Government is planning to have 250 MW of tidal energy capacity awarded by 2030, as part of the third edition of the country’s energy strategy on the way towards carbon neutrality by 2050. The Publication Pluriannuelle de l’Energie (Multiannual Energy Programme (PPE)) includes commercial t
Oceanbird, a joint venture (JV) between Swedish marine technology company Alfa Laval and shipping company Wallenius Lines, has received its first order for wind propulsion from an undisclosed shipowner. The shipowner placed an order for two Oceanbird Wing 560 wing sails that are contracted for a ret
McDermott and BW Offshore have unveiled a concept for a blue ammonia floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit that blends offshore production, carbon capture, and direct export, spotlighting the way in which surplus natural gas could be converted into a lower-carbon fuel and brought
Inyanga Marine Energy Group’s HydroWing Tidal Energy Projects has secured a contract for an additional 10 MW of capacity in the UK government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7) for what will, once fully developed, become the world’s largest tidal energy project. Of note, the U
An offshore geophysical monitoring survey has commenced at the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Italy, which will use depleted natural gas fields in the Adriatic Sea for the storage of CO2 from industrial districts. Bologna-based offshore survey and geoscience company Lighthouse Geo
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Greece’s transmission system operator (TSO) Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) have signed a deal for €1.9 billion financing for the development of an interconnector that will eliminate the electrical isolation of the islands of Kos, Rhodes and Karp
The UK’s first commercially ready bio-methanol storage and supply service for shipping has been launched at the Port of Immingham, the largest port by cargo volume in the UK, as part of efforts to advance decarbonization in maritime transport. The three-partite partnership of Exolum, Methanex Corpor
Marking a new era for low-methane gas in Europe, a Dutch-German gas development, which runs on offshore wind energy, has become the first natural gas production project in the North Sea to be independently certified as meeting the highest grade under MiQ’s methane emissions standard.
Marine Renewables Canada (MRC) has published a national roadmap that outlines how offshore wind, tidal, wave, and river current energy can help meet Canada’s surging electricity demand, projected to increase two to threefold by 2050, with marine renewable energy seen as a key pillar of the country’s
A new industry-academia research collaboration project, led by the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Hydrogen Innovations (CHI), has been launched with a focus on the development of next-generation ammonia-fuelled marine engines with near-zero emissions to help in speeding up the decarbo
Australia’s engineering company Worley has secured an assignment at a carbon dioxide (CO2) LNG sequestration project in Qatar, which is run by the Persian Gulf state’s oil and gas giant QatarEnergy.
The UK government has awarded a record 14.7 GW of renewable energy capacity in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7), its largest CfD round ever in capacity, with tidal stream securing 20.9 MW across four projects. On January 14, the UK government announced the award of 8.4 GW
