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  • Mocean Energy strengthens board with two key appointments

    30 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Human Capital, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Transition

    Mocean Energy has appointed a former oil and gas executive, and a climate change expert to its board to help commercialize its Blue Star wave energy device and raise investment.

  • In focus: The pursuit of low-carbon business prospects

    30 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    This week’s focus was on making vessels greener, low-carbon strategies, green hydrogen, and building a sustainable future.

  • LIVE BLOG: Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2022

    30 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    18:00 It’s a wrap Thanks to all participants, partners, sponsors and media partners for making this event such a great success! See you next year on 28 & 29 November 2023! 17:30 Drinks at Navingo stand Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference is almost coming to an end. The best way to celebrate these two days […]

  • GCube Insurance: Offshore wind needs to mitigate supply chain risks

    15 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    While offshore wind has performed strongly during the pandemic, continuing with next to no business interruption, the sector still faces some significant supply chain risks. This is according to an insurance company specialising in renewable energy, one of few businesses with the capability to comprehensively assess the offshore wind industry through this lens. Over the […]

  • Technology de-risking at NUI Galway set to usher in new age for marine renewables

    27 January 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    A research team in the SFI MaREI Centre at NUI Galway has made a significant contribution to technology development in the marine energy sector, by delivering three full-scale structural testing programmes to de-risk blade components to allow for commercial and operational trials in Alaska and Scotland.

  • Orbital Marine invites geotechnical survey bids for tidal power projects

    25 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Scottish marine energy company Orbital Marine Power has launched a tender for the geophysical survey services at the site located offshore Orkney Islands.

  • Partners share tidal energy tripod’s decommissioning know-how

    1 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    A collaborative decommissioning project at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has completed the forensic analysis of a tidal energy tripod.

  • Climate goals: wait for a stricter agreement or take responsibility?

    16 November 2021

    Every time there is research done on CO2 pollution by a prominent university or leading independent organization, the conclusion is the same: the shipping industry is on its way to become the most polluting industry there is. Some scientists have projected that maritime shipping could account for 17% of total annual CO2 emissions by 2050. And yet, […]

  • UK to get over $9.7 billion in tax this year from oil & gas operators, trade body says

    20 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    UK oil & gas operators are expected to pay over $9.6 billion in taxes in 2021, which represents a 20-fold increase worth $346 per household.

  • Norway goes on oil & gas spree and gives its blessing to projects worth over $18.5 billion

    28 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Norway has greenlighted 19 oil and gas projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) with investments totalling more than NOK 200 billion (over $18.5 billion).

  • Ten places to keep an eye on for offshore wind

    28 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Over the past few years, and especially in 2020, new geographical areas have been getting onto the offshore wind map and are likely to have their first projects up and running in the next decade, or the time leading up to 2050 – when renewable energy and other energy transition developments should be majorly contributing […]

  • New team member joins Corpower Ocean in Portugal

    25 August 2020
    Business & Finance

    CorPower Ocean has appointed Miguel Silva as head of its Portuguese operation. The news comes after CorPower revealed plans for a new EUR 16 million R&D, Manufacturing and Service Centre in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, becoming a core focus for the firm’s HiWave-5 Project with a showcase pilot wave farm planned in Aguçadoura. Silva will be […]

  • Neptune to test methods for measuring offshore methane emissions

    5 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Transition

    Neptune Energy and EDF will test an approach for measuring oil and gas methane emissions from offshore oil and gas facilities.

  • 2022 is a wrap: Highlights from the offshore energy industry

    2 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    In the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the offshore energy industry was thrown for a loop, which resulted in price volatility.

  • COVID-19: A pivot point for the energy transition

    30 June 2020
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    The COVID-19 pandemic has been an eventful time during which many steps were taken by governments, political organizations, the EU, and oil companies to plan a faster, more efficient, and more impactful energy transition. Here we look at a sequence of events working in favour of the transition to greener energy during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Orbital Marine to showcase UK’s tidal power prowess at Global Investment Summit

    7 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Vision

    The UK government has unveiled the 12 businesses from across the UK who will showcase their green technology and innovations at the Global Investment Summit – one of which is the Scottish-based tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power.

  • EMEC chairman awarded OBE for services to Orkney’s environment and community

    13 June 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    Andrew Mill, chairman of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), a UK-based test facility for marine energy, has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list and awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Andrew, who has served in his role as chair of EMEC since 2014, was awarded an OBE […]

  • In focus: Bit by bit, energy transition takes a more solid shape

    26 November 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    The energy transition is taking a more concrete shape with each passing day as witnessed in a week behind us that was full of announcements favoring the net-zero future coming from governments, across investment banks, all the way to private offshore energy companies.

  • While contributing to Europe’s energy security, Equinor rakes in all-time high profits

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

    Equinor has more than doubled its annual profit in 2022, setting a new record driven by higher energy prices and growing demand.

  • IEA: Fraction of bumper profits during 2022 can slash oil & gas sector’s methane emissions

    21 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Methane emissions remained stubbornly high in 2022, even as soaring energy prices made actions to reduce them cheaper than ever, says IEA.

  • In focus: More countries opting for renewables instead of fossil fuels

    10 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    More and more countries around the world are preparing to shift to renewable energy and gradually quit the fossil fuel game with dozens of new commitments, projects, and initiatives announced in the week behind us.

  • UK turns to renewables and low-carbon power to bolster energy security

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

    The UK is pivoting towards renewable and low-carbon energy in a push to strengthen energy security, says the Energy Industries Council (EIC).

  • Blue-GIFT launches 3rd call for open sea marine renewables testing

    9 December 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Technology

    EU-backed Blue-GIFT project has launched the third call for applications to test marine renewable energy (MRE) technologies in real sea environments at four test sites in the Atlantic Area region.

  • EMEC to spearhead Scottish Isles transition to net-zero

    17 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been named a key delivery partner for the Islands Growth Deal, set to unlock £335 million of investments over the next 10 years, and will lead the development of the Islands Centre for Net Zero business case.

  • How likely is the divorce from gas, as the emerging love affair with hydrogen stakes its claim?

    3 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Calls for replacing natural gas with hydrogen are gaining ground, but many still see gas as a major player in propelling the energy transition.