New e-fuels project to make international shipping climate neutral
Transport and trade on the ocean blue must be made much greener. This is the goal of the new €17 million European GAMMA project, where companies and researchers from Europe will develop and convert a bulk carrier to sail on climate-neutral fuels and green power. 60,000 tonnes dead weight. That is how much cargo the […]
Fred. Olsen 1848 has deployed the Floating PV Technology BRIZO in Risør, Norway
Fred. Olsen 1848 is proud to announce that the 50×50 meter, 124 kW pilot project in Risør, Norway has successfully been deployed at sea and will be commissioned during spring. It has been a very educating and exciting process, where we take away additional knowledge and know-how for the next phases to come for our […]
Plans announced for the first tidal energy plant in Southeast Asia
Energies PH, Inc, through its affiliate San Bernardino Ocean Power Corporation, has contracted with Inyanga Marine Energy Group to build Southeast Asia’s first ever tidal power generation plant. The site will be at the remote Capul Island of Northern Samar in the Philippines, along the San Bernardino Strait, a passage well-known for the strength of […]
Funding announced for first-in-class low-carbon installation vessel for floating offshore wind
The UK Government has awarded funding to a consortium led by Morek Engineering to design a new class of low-carbon installation vessel for the floating offshore wind market. The consortium has won the funding through the UK Government’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition based on their proven track record in innovative vessel design and delivery of […]
Chinese offshore salmon farm makes first commercial harvest
A Chinese offshore Atlantic salmon farm has harvested 15,000 fish from its site off the coast of Qingdao, on the country’s northeast coast, Xinhua news agency reports. Shenlan 1 is growing a total of 100,000 Atlantic salmon and the harvest marks the first for a Chinese deep-sea salmon farm, according to government official Guo Peng. […]
Windward Offshore expands offshore wind activities with two additional state-of-the-art CSOV vessels
Hamburg, Munich, and Athens, 23rd January 2024 –Windward Offshore has exercised options, which were contained in the contract signed with Vard in October 2023, for the design and construction of two hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs). As part of the order, the number of units ordered from VARD rises to four. This order marks […]
HydroWing creates unique new barge to service its tidal energy technology
HydroWing has designed an innovative new barge which will help drive down the cost of installation and maintenance for its patented tidal stream array technology. HydroWing is designed to be a cost-effective and scalable solution to tidal stream energy generation and was the largest tidal stream project in Wales to be successful in the UK […]
Rutgers launches wind energy research center
Rutgers University is launching a new wind energy research center. Announced Jan. 12, the multidisciplinary collaboration involves three schools and multiple departments, combining the efforts of environmental and marine scientists as well as engineers. According to Rutgers, the center will have two initial, key components: The design of a Net-Zero Wind Energy Test (WET) Center, a warehouse-size […]
Jumbo Offshore awarded mooring pre-installation contract by MODEC for the FPSO Errea Wittu
Jumbo Offshore Installation Contractors B.V. (“Jumbo Offshore”) has been awarded a contract by MODEC Guyana Inc. (“MODEC”) for the pre-installation of the mooring spread of the FPSO Errea Wittu, which will be located offshore Guyana. The FPSO “Errea Wittu”, the name of which means ”abundance”, will have the capacity to store 2 million barrels of […]
Verlume achieves prestigious Fit4Offshore Renewables ‘Granted’ status
Aberdeen-based Verlume, a specialist in clean energy system integration, intelligent energy management and energy storage, has achieved the prestigious ‘Granted’ status from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s ‘Fit For Offshore Renewables’ (F4OR) programme. Designed as a business improvement programme and to build energy sector specific capability, F4OR has been developed with input from the […]