Esbjerg, 13 December 2022 – The largest recycling project of offshore installations in Denmark’s history has successfully completed. After 2.5 years of dismantling work on the old platforms and structures from the Tyra field, 98.5% of the material has now been reused and recycled. A crucial part of the Tyra Redevelopment project was the removal […]
Trivane at 6m draft for assembly and tow
The Trivane concept is based on the premise that an optimum Floating Offshore Wind platform is a trimaran that weathervanes about its turret mooring, in accordance with the combination of the effects of the prevailing wind, seas and any current. Trivane’s Director is Richard Martin who has been designing turret mooring for many years, with […]
Sweden gets 26-year-old Romina Pourmokhtari as Climate Minister in new government
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson presented the Statement of Government Policy in the Riksdag and announced the ministers that make up the Government. Romina Pourmokhtari is the new Minister for Climate and the Environment and head of ministry. The young woman, who was born in a Stockholm suburb to an Iranian family, took over the climate […]
Inside Saudi Arabia’s Oxagon: the biggest floating city in the world
Oxagon targets to house around 90,000 residents by 2030, with the first one expected as early as next year. Inside Saudi Arabia’s Oxagon: the biggest floating city in the world Oxagon targets to house around 90,000 residents by 2030, with the first one expected as early as next year Somewhere along the Red Sea, close […]
The Metals Company Subsidiary, NORI, Receives ISA Recommendation to Commence Pilot Nodule Collection Trials in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean
The Metals Company (TMC), an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today announced that the International Seabed Authority has completed its review of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Environmental Monitoring and Management Plan (EMMP) submitted by its subsidiary, Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI), and recommended that it proceed with its forthcoming […]
Aurelia’s 100% hydrogen powered design awarded RINA approval
The new design concept is a RORO vessel for transporting ro-ro cargo, with electric propulsion using highly compressed H2 as fuel. urelia Green Ship Concept Design has unveiled a new design with 100% hydrogen propulsion, which challenges the future of the green design business. The Certificate of Approval in Principle has been issued by RINA […]
China Dominates Offshore Wind Rankings, Global Operating Capacity at 55 GW – WFO
6,759 MW of offshore wind capacity went into operation during the first six months of 2022 compared to 1,627 MW during the same period a year earlier, World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) said in its Global Offshore Wind Report HY1 2022. This growth was mainly driven by China which installed 5.1 GW of new offshore […]
H2Carrier and Statkraft to cooperate on study of green ammonia floating production vessel
H2Carrier AS and Statkraft have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding regarding a study for the possible use of H2Carrier’s unique green ammonia floating production vessel, the P2XFloater™ on certain offshore wind locations. The P2XFloater™ will utilize renewable power to produce green hydrogen and green ammonia which in turn can be shipped to the international […]
WINDS OF CHANGE: STEPPING UP DATA SHARING IN THE OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY
In recent years, the offshore wind industry has made great strides in reducing costs, improving reliability and developing innovative technologies. Yet, there is one area where the industry has not yet achieved significant improvements: data sharing. Sharing the data is a good thing because it benefits the whole industry. Sharing information between all parties along […]
The Green Hydrogen Concept on a Converted Jack-Up
Rigzone sits down with Aquaterra Energy’s recently appointed renewables director, Anne Haase, to find out more about Project Haldane – an industrial scale offshore green hydrogen production concept in the North Sea. Rigzone: What is Project Haldane? Haase: Our concept is in partnership with renewable hydrogen producer and supplier Lhyfe and jack-up drilling specialist Borr […]