South Korean shipbuilders are resuming their winning streak from last year as they reap fruit from the growing demand for high-end ships featuring dual-fuel propulsion and advanced technology. The country’s key ship manufacturers have secured over $7 billion in new orders since the beginning of this
The Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) and the EU-SCORES project partners have recently held a two-day stakeholder engagement event on energy multi-use parks at the Marine Energy Hub in the Hague, spotlighting the benefits of combining different offshore renewable energy sources at one site.
French container shipping major CMA CGM is bunkering biofuels on 32 vessels across its vast fleet as part of its decarbonization efforts. “Biofuel is a big part of our roadmap to decarbonization,” Francois-Xavier Accard, Managing Director of CMA CGM’s International Shipping Company Pte. Ltd. said du
ECOwind, a subsidiary of German renewable energy company BayWa r.e., together with Austrian energy supplier EVN, has constructed a 24.5 MWp floating solar plant in Austria.
Oceanbird, a JV backed by Alfa Laval and Wallenius, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology are performing extensive tests on the Oceanbird wing model in the KTH L2000 wind tunnel. The team is testing the aerodynamics of the wings while exposing them to different wind conditions. This series of tests
French energy group ENGIE is moving to the second stage of its strategic plan, stepping up growth in the energy transition with an emphasis on renewables. The group said its 2021-23 strategic plan has been successfully executed and the time has come to move on to the second stage. ENGIE said its geo
Spanish multinational energy company Cepsa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ACE Terminal in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands to create a green hydrogen supply chain. Namely, Cepsa is developing 2GW of green hydrogen at its two Energy Parks in Andalusia, southern Spain, a
The MeyGen tidal energy project, developed by SIMEC Atlantis Energy, has become the first tidal stream array in the world to generate 50GWh of clean electricity from tidal energy.
DNV is launching the second phase of a joint industry project (JIP) aiming to develop the first guideline for the transport of hydrogen in existing and new offshore pipelines. The second phase of the H2Pipe project will see the development of a new code for the design, re-qualification, construction
The University Marine Energy Research Community (UMERC), coordinated by the Pacific Ocean Energy Trust (POET), has published a report which provides systematic analysis of the marine energy research and innovation ecosystem within the United States.
British maritime enterprises Krensen, Trident Marine Electrical, and ACUA Ocean have joined forces to develop a zero-emission liquid hydrogen marine powertrain system. The partnership brings together Krensen’s expertise in electric and hybrid marine propulsion technologies, Trident Marines’ experien
French container shipping major CMA CGM has equipped its ultra-large containership CMA CGM Marco Polo with a new windshield prototype. The device improves a vessel’s aerodynamics resulting in lower fuel consumption and thus contributing to a lower carbon footprint of the vessel, the shipowner said.
Biofuels have emerged as a promising solution that can be implemented without significant changes to existing infrastructure. Nevertheless, there are numerous challenges hampering their wider adoption.
The Republic of Korea has pledged to provide official development assistance for marine energy programs in the Pacific Ocean, including the support for ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) scheme in Marshall Islands.
