Business Developments & Projects
Nine hydrogen valleys to repower Europe
The Clean Hydrogen Partnership, a public-private partnership supporting research and innovation activities in hydrogen technologies in Europe under the Horizon Europe Programme, has announced it will invest €105.4 million for funding nine hydrogen valley projects across Europe, following its first c
New survey to produce data for marine energy stakeholders in Ireland
Researchers at Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) and University College Cork (UCC) have deployed an acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) to obtain ocean current data from a location of interest in the Irish Sea, that would be made available free of charge to marine energy stakeholders.
Prysmian ticks off another cable-laying project from its list
Prysmian Group has finalized the cable laying and burial operations for the submarine power interconnection between Ibiza and Formentera in Spain. Marine installation operations were performed by Prysmian’s cable-laying vessel Cable Enterprise, while burial activities were carried out by the company
Port of Rotterdam to fuel ships with methanol on a regular basis from summer 2023
From the summer of 2023, the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s top bunkering port, will provide methanol bunkering to sea-going vessels on a regular basis. Last year saw several sea-going ships bunker methanol at the port, the port figures show, resulting in a total of 1,500 tons of methanol sold in 2022.
New offshore safety guidance with potential to prevent major oil & gas accidents sees the light of day
Aberdeen-based Salus Technical has launched what it describes as “a potentially life-saving” guidance document.
SeaBird Exploration secures contract extension for 2D survey campaign
SeaBird Exploration, the provider of marine 2D seismic acquisition and source vessel services, has received a letter of award for an extension to the 2D campaign in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Titan buys two small-scale LNG carriers for bunkering retrofit
Low and zero-emission fuels supplier Titan has acquired two small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers from Canadian gas transportation company Seapeak for bunkering retrofit. Titan plans to retrofit the vessels – Seapeak Unikum and Seapeak Vision – to ensure suitable LNG bunkering capabilitie
Subsea Europe Services opens new R&D center
Germany-headquartered Subsea Europe Services (SES) has opened a new research and development (R&D) center dedicated to the development of new integrated, autonomous and digital technologies. The new facility, located at the company’s premises in the Ocean Technology Campus Rostock, will focus on the
Netherlands and Australia forge hydrogen alliance in a ‘milestone’ agreement
The Netherlands and Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the development of a renewable hydrogen supply chain from Australia to Europe. In what was described as a milestone agreement, Australia’s Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen and the Dutch Minister fo
With new acquisition, TAQA expands its well solutions business across multiple geographies
With this acquisition, TAQA has expanded its footprint in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe.
GasLog Partners enters 2023 with time charter agreements for its LNG carriers
Gaslog Partners, an international owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, has secured time charter agreements with several companies for its vessels. In its financial report which includes a three-month period and the year ended 31 December 2022, the partnership highlighted chart
‘You’re in my spot!’ – BP and Ørsted’s UK saga continues as Hornsea Four DCO decision looms
Grant Shapps, the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has less than a month to sign off a decision on Ørsted’s Hornsea Four offshore wind farm, which might not be an easy task as the developer and BP are still at odds over an area where their offshore wind and
RWE orders two 100MW electrolysers for GET H2 as it eyes IPCEI funding
German energy company RWE has ordered two 100-megawatt proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers from Linde Engineering for its GET H2 hydrogen project. The two electrolyser plants, which will be powered by offshore wind from the North Sea, are part of RWE’s efforts to build a total of 300 MW of
WinGD, CMB.TECH to develop large ammonia-fuelled engines for Bocimar’s bulker newbuilds
Swiss marine power company WinGD and Belgian shipping and cleantech group CMB.TECH have signed an agreement on the development of ammonia-fuelled two-stroke engines. The companies aim to install the ammonia dual-fuel X72DF engine on a series of ten x 210,000 DWT bulk carriers to be built at a Chines