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  • Japan: MOL Announces Completion of World’s First Hybrid Car Carrier

    1 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., on June 29th, announced the completion of the hybrid car carrier Emerald Ace, designed to generate zero emissions while berthed, at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kobe shipyard. The Emerald Ace was built as world’s first newly built hybrid car carrier, and is equipped with a hybrid electric power supply system that […]

  • Obvious. Indispensible. Natural Gas. The Importance of Dutch Gas

    20 September 2012

    Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference brings you a series of columns in which prominent industry representatives share their views on key developments in the offshore oil, gas and energy markets. This edition, Ruud Zoon, Managing Director of GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland and Chairman of NOGEPA shares his thoughts on the importance of Dutch Gas. Ever […]

  • Wave energy to rival offshore wind costs by 2030s, study shows

    18 June 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Research & Development

    A study led by European universities has shown that wave energy could rival the cost-effectiveness of offshore wind by the 2030s at favorable locations.

  • Energy Investments Moving Towards Renewables

    16 September 2016

    Global energy investment fell by 8% in 2015, with a drop in oil and gas upstream spending outweighing continued robust investment in renewables, electricity networks and energy efficiency, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report. The World Energy Investment 2016 (WEI 2016) report, a detailed analysis of investment across the global energy system, shows […]

  • RE accounts for 66% of Canada’s power in 2015. Tidal share minor

    3 May 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Canada has generated about two-thirds of its electricity from renewable energy sources in 2015, without significant uptake of tidal energy, according to a new report released by the country’s National Energy Board (NEB).

  • IRS, GRSE to jointly develop autonomous and green ships

    6 March 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with local shipbuilder Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) to jointly work on the development of autonomous and green energy vessels.

  • SANDAG: Beach Replenishment Completed (USA)

    10 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    After three months, a major project to restore the San Diego region’s eroded shoreline with 1.5 million cubic yards of high-quality sand—enough to fill Qualcomm Stadium—is complete. A total of eight beaches in five cities received massive sand infusions, and the beaches are now visibly wider and sandier. “Without intervention, our shoreline would be greatly […]

  • Spanish-Japanese company unveils 500 MW floating wind plan in Scotland

    7 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    A Spanish-Japanese company has unveiled plans for a 500 MW floating wind farm in the North East of Scotland and is now looking for a financial partner to develop and build the project. The company, with head offices in Madrid and Tokyo, announced on 5 May that it had begun the process of searching for […]

  • IEA Latest Report Shows ICEs as a ‘Promising Technology’

    14 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Internal combustion engines (ICEs) are a promising technology for supporting wind and solar energy, a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds. Comparing different sources of flexibility for power systems, IEA says gas-fired ICE power plants are “very mature technology” and “cost-competitive to OCGTs” (Open Cycle Gas Turbines). Commenting on the alternative technologies, […]

  • Masterbulk Testing Out Renewable Energy on Board Its Ships

    21 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    Singapore’s shipping company Masterbulk trialing renewable energy on board its ships.

  • UK: Vantage Drilling Places Order for Sonardyne’s Dynamic Positioning Inertial Navigation System

    31 January 2012

    Sonardyne International has taken its first order for a Dynamic Positioning Inertial Navigation System (DP-INS). Vantage Drilling’s new 12,000 feet-rated drillship, Dragonquest, is set become the first deep water drilling unit in the world to be equipped with the new system when it begins operations in the Gulf of Mexico for Petrobras later this year. […]

  • Clean Energy Investments Reach All-Time High in 2015

    14 January 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Storage

    Global clean energy investments reached record-breaking USD 329.4 billion in 2015, with the largest projects financed last year being offshore wind arrays in the North Sea and off China’s coast, according to data gathered by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The offshore wind projects in the North Sea which attracted largest investments in 2015 include the 580MW Race […]

  • Support Schemes to Affect Renewables Growth by 2020, Report Says

    25 August 2015

    Renewable energy support schemes, such as Feed-in Tariffs (FiT), quota obligations, capital grants, and subsidies, will continue to be instrumental in promoting Europe’s renewable energy industry growth by 2020, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report states that of the various support mechanisms in Europe, FiTs have emerged as a particularly […]

  • Crowd Energy to Build Another Generation Turbine (USA)

    6 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Crowd Energy, having completed construction and successful testing of its first generation prototype of the Ocean Energy Turbine, will launch a major Kickstarter campaign in March 2014 to construct a second generation turbine and move the project to (SNMREC) Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Florida Atlantic University for verification and open water testing. […]

  • Brodosplit to build 100% green passenger sailing ship

    24 February 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit, part of the DIV Group, has started construction of a zero-emission passenger ship with electric propulsion.

  • German Banks Have Limited Ability to Fund Offshore Wind Power

    25 June 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    German plans for shifting to renewables can be funded only to 50%, with banks having a limited ability to finance the rest when it comes to resources like offshore wind power. According to Bloomberg’s information based on the report of the HVB Group, UniCreditSpA (UCG)’s German banking unit, referred to by Die Welt news site, […]

  • UK’s Offshore Wind Generates 14% More Energy in Q3 2014

    18 December 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    According to the UK’s Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today, December 18, offshore wind energy generation rose by 14.1 per cent compared to the same period last year.  Renewables’ share of electricity generation increased from 13.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2013, to 17.8 […]

  • SnoPUD CEO Retires

    12 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Steve Klein, Snohomish County Public Utility District (SnoPUD) CEO has announced his retirement from the utility, effective May 1, 2015.   Over the nine years Klein has been instrumental in the research and development of multiple renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, biomass/biogas and small hydropower. Under his leadership, the utility has emerged as a national leader […]

  • SnoPUD CEO Retires

    12 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Steve Klein, Snohomish County Public Utility District (SnoPUD) CEO has announced his retirement from the utility, effective May 1, 2015.   Over the nine years Klein has been instrumental in the research and development of multiple renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, biomass/biogas and small hydropower. Under his leadership, the utility has emerged as a national leader […]

  • LaNaval Lays Keel of Dutch Ferry

    31 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Spain’s LaNaval Shipyard has laid the keel of the ferry Texelstroom, ordered by the dutch company Royal N.V. Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (TESO). Texelstroom, 135 meters long and 28 meters wide, will carry  up to 1,750 persons and 350 vehicles. The vessel will be powered by diesel-oil or alternatively natural gas, being helped also by electric batteries charged […]

  • Bynoe Harbor Mapping Survey

    26 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    A team of marine scientists have completed a marine mapping survey of the sea floor of Bynoe Harbor in the Northern Territory.  The survey was conducted by scientists from Geoscience Australia, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Northern Territory Government. The survey mapped the depths and hardness for approximately 725km² of sea floor […]

  • Planet Ocean Acquires Elkins Oceanic Services

    14 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Planet Ocean Ltd has reached an agreement to purchase the business of Elkins Oceanic Services Ltd. Elkins Oceanic Services is known for their production of mooring swivels for all underwater applications. The Company leader, Dennis Elkins, best known for the Elkins Deep Ocean Swivels, Push Corer units and the recently launched QUICK-CLAMP system, has decided […]

  • QGC funding Chinchilla Airport upgrade

    30 September 2014

    Western Downs Regional Council and QGC, operator of the QCLNG project, have signed an agreement to upgrade Chinchilla Airport infrastructure.  In the first of two phases, QGC, a unit of BG, will invest A$200,000 in an engineering design study to determine the level of maintenance required. QGC has allocated a further A$4.5 million for a work […]

  • Greece: Emergence of First Wave Power Station on the Mediterranean

    14 May 2013

    The governor of the Greek island of Crete Stavros Arnautakis met with representatives of the Russian company Ocean RusEnergy. The question of the possible construction of the first on the Mediterranean sea wave power. The island of Crete is interested in alternative sources of energy as tourism on the island is the main source of […]

  • Research and Markets Presents GlobalData’s Report on Wind Power in France

    28 November 2012
    Research & Development

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData’s new report “Wind Power in France, Market Outlook to 2025 – Capacity, Generation, Market Share, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles” to their offering.  This report provides in depth analysis on global renewable power market and global wind power market with […]