CANADIAN WAVE ENERGY PROJECT GETS OVER $700K FUNDING BOOST
University of Victoria’s Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery (PRIMED) has secured C$1 million ($730,000) grant to progress a renewable energy microgrid project incorporating a wave energy device on Nootka Island in British...
RECORD NUMBER OF METHANOL-FUELED SHIPS ORDERED REPORTS DNV
After a slow start to 2023 for orders of alternatively fueled ships, DNV is reporting the momentum generated in 2022 resulted in a record order of dual-fuel methanol ships as well as strong growth...
SUBSEA LINK TO ORKNEY STEPS CLOSER TO REALITY
UK energy market regulator Ofgem has provisionally approved SSEN Transmission’s plans to develop a subsea electricity transmission link to Orkney.
SSEN Transmission submitted investment plans to Ofgem in March 2018 to build a new subsea...
EDDA WIND ACCELERATES GROWTH ORDERING CSOVS FROM VARD
Norwegian offshore wind service vessel company Edda Wind is making an aggressive move ordering new ships to fill a perceived gap in the market for wind commission services. Edda entered into a contract with...
EVERFUEL AND GREENSTAT ENTER LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ELKEM FOR HYDROGEN HUB AGDER
Via a project company Everfuel Greenstat Production 1 AS, Danish hydrogen fuel company Everfuel and Norwegian energy company Greenstat have signed an agreement with Norwegian producer Elkem for the long-term lease of land in...
BLEUTEC ADVANCES ITS WTIV CONCEPT RECEIVING ABS DESIGN APPROVAL
Texas-based startup Bleutec Industries Offshore Wind Services continues to make progress to commercialize its new concept for the vessels to support the wind installation process and designed to meet the unique challenges of the...
SPILL FROM SUNKEN PRODUCT TANKER REACHES RESORT TOWNS ON MINDORO
The fuel spill from a sunken product tanker off the island of Mindoro is spreading, according to the Philippine Coast Guard.
The product tanker Princess Empress sank off Balingawan Point on Tuesday after losing power...
U.S. AND FIJI WORKING ON ESTABLISHING GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDOR
The United States of America, the Republic of Fiji, and the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership have announced the intent to engage in technical cooperation to help facilitate the establishment of a green shipping corridor.
Together,...
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED FOR BELGIUM’S MAN-MADE “ENERGY ISLAND”
The first phase of construction contracts has been awarded for the world’s first man-made “energy island,” to be built by Belgium as part of a plan to develop an integrated European offshore electricity grid....
METHANEX CONDUCTS FIRST NET-ZERO, BIOMETHANOL-POWERED VOYAGE
Methanex and MOL have carried out the world's first net-zero voyage powered by methanol, the two companies announced Monday.
Methanex co-owns Waterfront Shipping, which has a fleet of dual-fuel tankers that can run on Methanex's...