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  • Masdar sets sights on Tajikistan’s floating solar potential

    4 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    MW Energy, a joint venture between Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) and W Solar Investment, has signed an agreement with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MOEWR) to explore at least 500MW capacity of clean energy projects, including floating solar power,

  • Electrification: Key to unlocking untapped oil & gas reserves and augmenting production

    29 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Transition

    The oil and gas industry is always on the lookout for ways to boost production levels at offshore fields and gain access to stranded and untapped reserves that are not easy to bring online.

  • Will a net-zero dash enable the UK to reap more benefits?

    10 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    New poll shows the majority of British people are in favor of hastening the UK’s net-zero aspirations, thus, more green policies are seen as a safe bet for winning incoming elections.

  • Shipping CEOs call for an end to fossil-only powered newbuilds

    2 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vision

    The Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of leading global shipping lines have issued a joint declaration at COP 28 calling for an end date for fossil-only powered newbuilds and urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to create the regulatory conditions to accelerate the transition to green fuels. Their joint declaration calls for the establishment of four […]

  • Coming to grips with a mixed bag of energy transition expectations

    18 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    As COP28 nears, concerns surrounding climate change are heating up and the pressure on the oil and gas industry is mounting day in, day out.

  • IEA’s net-zero recipe: Going green and slashing fossil fuels’ role in energy mix while pursuing ‘equitable’ transition

    27 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    The IEA believes that the path to limiting global warming to 1.5 °C has narrowed, however, clean energy growth is still keeping it open.

  • Opinion: Can wind propulsion weather the approaching perfect storm?

    15 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    This article is written by Gavin Allwright, Secretary General – International Windship Association When taking time to reflect on the past year, I would argue that 2023 was the year in which our industry took the gloves off and got down to business when it came to decarbonization. At COP28 in December it was clear […]

  • Interview with Bureau Veritas: US LNG permitting freeze could unleash upsurge in renewables and hydrogen

    19 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    two representatives from Bureau Veritas have provided their take on the current energy trends, highlighting that renewables and hydrogen are positioned to reap the benefits from the recent U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) permitting pause.

  • Net-zero by 2050 ambition at risk: In with renewables and out with fossil fuels ‘far from fast enough,’ warns DNV

    11 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    DNV: The pace of the transition from fossil fuels to renewables is not being imbued with enough speed to reach net-zero by 2050 targets.

  • G20 leaders agree to expedite efforts to triple global renewable energy by 2030

    12 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    G20 leaders have decided to accelerate efforts to triple total renewable energy capacity and underscore the global need for over $4 trillion of annual investments until 2030, endorsing recommendations from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) for global renewable energy adoption. In a declaration adopted on Saturday, 9 September 2023, the group cited a report, […]

  • CEM adopts new initiative for scaling low-carbon fuel production

    21 July 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    The Clean Energy Marine Hubs Initiative (CEM-Hubs), the first-of-its-kind platform that brings together the private sector and governments across the energy-maritime value chain to transform maritime transportation and production hubs for future low-carbon fuels, has been adopted by the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM). The CEM adopted the new initiative to scale low-carbon fuel production on […]

  • All energy roads lead to decarbonization with gas as a linchpin of low-carbon transformation

    3 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Despite the growing opposition to fossil fuels, natural gas, primarily LNG, is still the top contender for the transition fuel, which will bridge the gap towards the sought-after low-carbon and green energy future.

  • Strife over US LNG permit freeze: Win for environmentalists and loss for Big Oil but is there more to it?

    13 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The Biden administration’s imposed pause on pending approvals of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports is seen as a controversial move, which has brought the strife between Big Oil and climate campaigners to the fore.

  • In focus: Is climate crisis a ‘fossil fuels crisis’?

    22 September 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    With only two months left until the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, all eyes are turned to global leaders to take concrete steps to keep the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C within reach. While the fossil fuels industry faces growing dissatisfaction from environmental activists, leaders from both public and private sectors are […]

  • African nations back carbon levy on shipping

    11 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    A coalition of 20 African nations has thrown their weight behind the Nairobi Declaration, advocating for a global carbon levy on shipping. The declaration was adopted at the Africa Climate Summit held in Nairobi last week, and it calls for new global taxes to fund climate change action and adaptation efforts. The Nairobi Declaration underscores […]

  • Headway made in Bonn but all hopes rest on COP28’s shoulders to tackle emission reduction challenges

    19 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The Bonn Climate Change Conference helped lay the groundwork for the political decisions required at COP28 in Dubai at the end of the year.

  • Minesto to showcase benefits of predictable ocean energy at COP27

    20 September 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition

    Marine energy company Minesto has partnered up with Swedish business delegation to present the benefits of ocean energy at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) taking place in Egypt in November.

  • In focus: Eye on sustainability at COP27 amidst geopolitical tensions

    11 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    During the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27, currently underway in Egypt, a call to ensure the full implementation of the Paris Agreement echoed once again, as severe geopolitical conflicts and tensions seem to demand actions that are not fully in line with the Paris rulebook.

  • Israeli and Moroccan companies forge hydrogen partnership at COP27

    10 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Israeli company H2Pro and Moroccan renewable energy developer Gaia Energy have signed a strategic agreement for the co-development of a gigawatt-scale green hydrogen project. The agreement was signed during the UN Climate Conference COP27, which is being hosted by Egypt in Sharm El-Sheikh. Under the partnership agreement, Gaia will use a range of 10-20 MW-scale […]

  • Egypt and FFI discuss green hydrogen projects ahead of COP27

    12 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has met with the founder of Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a subsidiary of Australian iron ore company Fortescue Metals Group, to discuss the development of green energy projects in the region as the country prepares to host the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). FFI has already signed a […]

  • How do things stand for the oil & gas industry in the wake of COP27?

    21 November 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    In the aftermath of COP27, many argue that very little progress was made on the phasing out of fossil fuels.

  • COP27 brings another call for international framework to end fossil fuel era

    11 November 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Tuvalu becomes the second nation-state to call for an international mechanism to phase out fossil fuels and enable transition to renewables.

  • Panama, Uruguay, and Norway join Clean Energy Marine Hubs initiative at COP27

    8 November 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The governments of Panama, Uruguay, and Norway have signed up to the Clean Energy Marine Hubs Initiative, a worldwide cross-sector initiative aimed at catalyzing the supply of green fuels, and supporting the global energy transition. The announcement was made on Monday in Egypt at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). The three governments join […]

  • EU forms ‘key energy partnership’ with Egypt at COP27 with focus on renewable hydrogen

    16 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    The European Union (EU) and Egypt have taken a step further to bolster their cooperation on the clean energy transition by establishing a strategic partnership on renewable hydrogen. The EU and Egypt signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a strategic partnership on renewable hydrogen on 16 November at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, preparing […]

  • Shift in funding looms over oil & gas industry as COP27 approaches, says WoodMac

    24 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    As GFANZ works to crystallise its climate threshold for financing, WoodMac wonders if COP27 could be a turning point for oil & gas funding.