The condition of the decaying oil storage vessel Safer, floating north of Hodeidah, Yemen, is deteriorating daily, posing a major threat of an oil spill, the UN Security Council was told last week. There is a concern that the dilapidated tanker might rapture causing an explosion and oil spill into t
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has revealed a target to reduce the collective average carbon intensity of member companies’ aggregated upstream oil and gas operations to between 20 and 21 kilograms of CO2 emissions per barrel of oil equivalent by 2025, from a collective baseline of 23 kg
1,400 GW of offshore wind globally by 2050 is entirely achievable considering the resource potential, technology innovation, and government appetite to position offshore wind at the centre of the global energy transition, the Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition (OREAC) said. OREAC estimates that
Canada has the highest carbon emission intensity per barrel of oil equivalent produced, while Norway has the lowest, a Rystad Energy analysis shows.
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for appointing consultants to study, develop and construct floating solar photovoltaic plants in the Arabian Gulf. This is a new and innovative initiative by DEWA to use solar power that supports the objectives of t
Eco Wave Power has hosted a visit of Eurovision winner and global ambassador for renewable energy, Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko, at its wave energy power station in Jaffa Port, Israel. Ruslana arrived to the Eco Wave Power station, accompanied by Dr. Gideon Friedman, the chief scientist of the Energ
French marine industry body France Energies Marines (FEM) has joined the Ocean Energy Systems (OES)-led collaborative effort called Annex IV whose goal is to examine the environmental effects of marine renewable energy.
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from December 3 – 9, 2018.
The £35 million Morlais Marine Energy Infrastructure Project in North West Wales has been included in a UK government project portfolio designed to attract international investors.
K2 Management, the specialist global renewables engineering consultancy, has acquired energy engineering consultancy working in marine renewables sector Cruz Atcheson.
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from August 20 – 26, 2018.
American company Resolute Marine Energy has made it to the shortlist of 25 sustainability start-ups running for the prize of €500,000 as part of the annual competition organized by the Dutch Postcode Lottery.
A six-fold increase in renewable energy deployment is required to limit global temperature rise to two degrees and avoid escalating stranded assets, according to the latest edition of International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) report Global Energy Transformation: A Roadmap to 2050.
BIRD Energy program is offering a $1 million grant per one joint US-Israel innovative project from all areas of renewable energy – including tidal, wave, ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), solar and storage.
