UK energy market regulator Ofgem has greenlit the Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) electricity superhighway by awarding a £2 billion funding package for the construction of the project. The 2 GW EGL1 HVDC multi-directional cable is being developed by National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) and SP T
Helsinki-headquartered Cargotec Corporation has made the decision to let go of its MacGregor business area to funds managed by Luxembourg’s mid-market sector-specialist Triton for an enterprise value of €480 million (circa $507 million) to support the growth of the corporation’s load-handling equipm
French engineering player Technip Energies and catalysts, technical services, and licensed process technologies provider, Shell Catalysts & Technologies, are advancing their decade-long collaboration, moving towards global exclusivity for delivering amine-based post-combustion carbon capture solutio
Netherlands-headquartered subsea solutions provider N-Sea Group is planning to develop a new-built operations support base in IJmuiden in 2025, said to enable it to support all offshore activities in the Europe region from one location. N-Sea Group has signed a contract to build a new operations sup
Sicily has given its approval for the second interconnector between Malta and Italy, some eleven months after the project had been granted the development permit from the Maltese side. The IC2 interconnector will consist of a 122-kilometer high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) electrical cable int
An advanced unmanned surface vessel (USV) being built in Spain for DeepOcean and its partners has started taking shape at GONDAN Shipbuilders. GONDAN Shipbuilders started the construction of the USV Challenger in March, following the order from USV A/S, a joint venture of DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore
The U.S. White House and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have released a national strategy for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) research, which outlines how research could be safely and effectively accelerated, helping determine if emerging approaches are viable climat
Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Germany’s ‘oldest and largest’ environmental association, is urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to establish an emission control area in the North Atlantic.
SSEN Transmission has broken ground on a new electricity substation that is part of the subsea link that will connect the Orkney Islands to the UK mainland for the first time. The start of work at the Finstown Substation is said to mark a major step forward for the Orkney-Caithness 220 kV Subsea Lin
At the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, global industry leaders have committed to increasing the uptake of zero or near-zero GHG emission shipping fuels to at least 5%, striving for 10%, by 2030.
Great Britain’s energy market regulator Ofgem has approved five new undersea energy links, with two creating Great Britain’s first-ever offshore hybrid assets (OHAs), all expected to be operational by the end of 2032. The approved OHA projects include the up to 1.8 GW LionLink, which will connect Du
A new collaboration center that will bring together around 80 green energy workers contributing to the delivery of a series of subsea electricity transmission links between Scotland and England has been officially opened in Glasgow, Scotland. The Eastern Green Link (EGL) Collaboration Centre will br
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Germany’s Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE) for the long-term supply of low-carbon liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Ruwais LNG plant in the UAE, set to be the first LNG export facility in the Middle East
Greece’s Hellenic Cables has secured a turnkey contract with Greek transmission system operator (TSO) Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) for the submarine interconnection of the Ionian islands. Under the contract, Cenergy Holdings’ cable segment is in charge of the design, supply, and in
